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| - Fluorine was an element. It was a constituent of tricorrinium hexifluorine.
- Fluorine's highest electronegativity and small atomic radius give unique properties to many of its compounds. For example, the enrichment of 235-Uranium, the principal nuclear fuel, relies on the volatility of Uranium hexafluoride. Also, the carbon–fluorine bond is one of the strongest bonds in organic chemistry. This contributes to the stability and persistence of fluoroalkane based organofluorine compounds, such as PTFE/(Teflon) and PFOS. The carbon–fluorine bond's inductive effects result in the strength of many fluorinated acids, such as triflic acid and trifluoroacetic acid. Drugs are often fluorinated at biologically reactive positions, to prevent their metabolism and prolong their half-lives.
- Fluorine's highest electronegativity and small atomic radius give unique properties to many of its compounds. For example, the enrichment of 235U, the principal nuclear fuel, relies on the volatility of UF6. Also, the carbon–fluorine bond is one of the strongest bonds in organic chemistry. This contributes to the stability and persistence of fluoroalkane based organofluorine compounds, such as PTFE/(Teflon) and PFOS. The carbon–fluorine bond's inductive effects result in the strength of many fluorinated acids, such as triflic acid and trifluoroacetic acid. Drugs are often fluorinated at biologically reactive positions, to prevent their metabolism and prolong their half-lives.
- Fluorine is a highly toxic pale-yellow diatomic gas with an atomic number of 9. Fluorine is extremely reactive: even noble gases form compounds with it(Noble gases are really not at all as noble as we think of them. They still react with some non metals like fluorine).
- Fluorine is a highly reactant element, existing normally as a diatomic molecule. Borg drones are apparently immune to oxidization, as fluorine is one of the compounds found in the preferred Borg atmosphere, along with carbon monoxide and methane. (TNG movie, novelization & comic adaptation: First Contact) In an alternate timeline where the Borg were able to assimilate entire star systems in the Alpha Quadrant, increasing levels of fluorine were noted in the atmospheres of Alpha Centauri and Andor while the Borg adapted their worlds. (ST novel: Engines of Destiny)
- Fluorine is a chemical element with symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at standard conditions. As the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other elements, including some noble gases, form compounds with fluorine. __TOC__
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