Fluorine

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Fluorine

• By Kendall Faris

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Uses Of Fluorine!
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• In small amounts, fluorides in water sources
  prevent tooth decay. An ingredient of toothpaste
  for the same reason.
• Solidifying fluoride in drinking water may cause
  bad spots in of teeth of kids getting permanent
  teeth.
• Fluorine and its compounds are used to produce
  uranium.
• Fluorine is used to produce many chemicals,
  including several high-temperature plastics.
• A certain amount of sodium fluoride in drinking
  water may cause problems in teeth, your skeletal
  bones, and may be associated with cancer and
  other diseases.

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Properties Of Fluorine!

• Fluorine has a melting point of -219.62C
• Boiling point of -188.14C
• Specific gravity of liquid of 1.108 at its
  boiling point
• Fluorine is a corrosive pale yellow gas
• It is highly reactive, participating in reactions
  with virtually all organic and inorganic
  substances.
• Fluorine is the most electronegative element.
• Metals, glass, ceramics, carbon, and water will
  burn with a bright flame in fluorine.

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Name and Origin

• Came from the Latin and French word fluere
  meaning flow.
• Was found by Moissan in the year 1886.
• Can be found naturally in rocks, clay, and coal.
• Is also used in toothpaste.

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Fluorine (to the tune of The Brady Bunch)

• Heres my project
  Thats the way my
  
• Bout the element Fluorine
  end
• That is used in almost every toothpaste
  
• And can be a toxic gas
  This project
• That is yellow
  Yes this project
• With a bright flame when burnt
  Thats the way this project
  will end
• And it boils
• At the temperature of
• Minus one hundred eighty-eight some degrees
• And its a nonmetal
• It has a very, very, very strong odor
• And can be found in the forest in the rocks
• It also usually helps your teeth
• But my also form compounds with rare gases

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Interesting facts

• Fluorine has been known to form compounds with
  rare gases, including xenon, radon, and krypton.
• Free, fluorine has a pungent (strong) odor.

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Sources

• http//www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ele
  ments/periodic-table/uses.html
• http//chemistry.allinfoabout.com/periodic/periodi
  ctable.html
• http//chemistry.allinfoabout.com/periodic/periodi
  ctable.html
• http//www.chemicool.com/
• http//chemistry.about.com/library/blper5.htm