Definition of fluorine

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Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles

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Fluoboric :: Fluoboric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron..
Fluorated :: Fluorated (a.) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
Phlogopite :: Phlogopite (n.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica..
Fluoric :: Fluoric (a.) Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine..
Phthor :: Phthor (n.) Fluorine.
Leucophane :: Leucophane (n.) A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite..
Fluorine :: Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles
Fluo- :: Fluo- () A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as in fluosilicate, fluobenzene..
Fluosilicic :: Fluosilicic (a.) Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine..
Halogen :: Halogen (n.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine..
Hydrofluoric :: Hydrofluoric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid..
Humite :: Humite (n.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine..
Silicofluoric :: Silicofluoric (a.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides..
Fluoride :: Fluoride (n.) A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.
Triploidite :: Triploidite (n.) A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine..
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