Fluorine Synonyms

flo͝orēn, -ĭn, flôr-
A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. f
  2. atomic number 9

Words Related to Fluorine

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. periodic-table
  2. carbonyl
  3. phosphine
  4. bromine
  5. thiol
  6. pyridine
  7. alicyclic
  8. perchlorate
  9. anthracene
  10. protonated
  11. ferrocene
  12. pyrrole
  13. sulfide
  14. benzene
  15. cyclohexane

Fluorine Sentence Examples

  • It combines directly with fluorine at Ordinary temperature, and with chlorine, bromine and sulphur on heating.

  • Balard completed for many years Berzelius's group of " halogen " elements; the remaining member, fluorine, notwithstanding many attempts, remained unisolated until 1886, when Henri Moissan obtained it by the electrolysis of potassium fluoride dissolved in hydrofluoric acid.

  • Rosenbuschite, hiortdahlite, and some other rare members containing zirconium and fluorine, occur as accessory constituents in the nephelinesyenite of southern Norway.

  • It is attacked rapidly by fluorine at ordinary temperature, and by chlorine when heated in a current of the gas.

  • Silicon fluoride, SiF4, is formed when silicon is brought into contact with fluorine (Moissan); or by decomposing a mixture of acid potassium fluoride and silica, or of calcium fluoride and silica with concentrated sulphuric acid.

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