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What does fluorine mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9.
  2. (chemistry) A single atom of this element.
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Workers at the facility were exposed to radiation as well as the chemicals uranium, plutonium and fluorine.
A gas mixture of a gas discharge laser such as an excimer or molecular fluorine laser is stabilized.
Fortunately, few people are likely to encounter elementary fluorine in their daily lives.
Fluids, immiscible droplets of metal sulphides, and elements like boron and fluorine are concentrated in the remaining melt.
This is because fluorine generally reacts exothermically to form products with stable C-F bonds.
The name fluorine comes from the mineral fluorspar, or calcium fluoride, in which it was found.

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