How do you use Fluorine in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like element or gas, plus the exact meaning.
Fluorine in a sentence
Fluorine meaning
- The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
- A single atom of this element.
Using Fluorine
- The main meaning on this page is: The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals. | A single atom of this element.
- Useful related words include: f, atomic number 9, chemical element, element.
- In the example corpus, fluorine often appears in combinations such as: with fluorine, fluorine and, of fluorine.
Context around Fluorine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fluorine
- In this selection, "fluorine" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carbon, five, seven, atoms, gas and bonds stand out and add context to how "fluorine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition of fluorine and chlorine and anything chlorine fluorine fire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fluorine" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fluorine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That's an "anything-chlorine-fluorine" fire. (7 words)
Even European national defense forces have adopted fluorine-free foams. (10 words)
Almost all known xenon compounds contain the electronegative atoms fluorine or oxygen. (12 words)
In fact, a fire can be fed by an oxidant other than oxygen; fluorine fires are often unquenchable, as fluorine is an even stronger oxidant (it has a higher electronegativity and thus accepts electrons even better) than oxygen. (38 words)
Tellingly, in 3M workers, the levels of organic fluorine traced to these chemicals were “proportional to the length of time that had been spent by employees in the production areas,” as one internal explained. (34 words)
Natural mineral water has other benefits, and ensures intake of oligoelements such as calcium, magnesium, bicarbonates, fluorine, which are fundamental, together with water, for the natural course of biochemical reactions and physiological processes. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chlorine can bond with up to 3 fluorine atoms, bromine can bond with up to five fluorine atoms, and iodine can bond with up to seven fluorine atoms.
Fluorine gas is extremely toxic; breathing fluorine gas at a concentration of 0.1% for several minutes is lethal.
In fact, a fire can be fed by an oxidant other than oxygen; fluorine fires are often unquenchable, as fluorine is an even stronger oxidant (it has a higher electronegativity and thus accepts electrons even better) than oxygen.
The half-life of fluorine-18 is long enough that radiotracers labeled with fluorine-18 can be manufactured commercially at offsite locations and shipped to imaging centers.
But the carbon-fluorine bonds that enable these uses also make the chemicals persistent.
After the war, 3M hired some Manhattan Project chemists and began mass-producing chains of carbon atoms bonded to fluorine atoms.
Natural mineral water has other benefits, and ensures intake of oligoelements such as calcium, magnesium, bicarbonates, fluorine, which are fundamental, together with water, for the natural course of biochemical reactions and physiological processes.
Tellingly, in 3M workers, the levels of organic fluorine traced to these chemicals were “proportional to the length of time that had been spent by employees in the production areas,” as one internal explained.
After the new standard kicks in, a product will need to contain less than 100 parts per million total fluorine to be certified.
Even European national defense forces have adopted fluorine-free foams.
I might have paired it with fluorine, to get the highest potential possible.
That's an "anything-chlorine-fluorine" fire.
A rendering of the five-atom molecule -- featuring three fluorine atoms (green), a carbon (black) and an iodine (purple) -- whose dynamics were captured by new research published in the journal Science.
Fluorine in drug molecules can also increase their ability to cross membrane barriers and enter cells.
The researchers created a new form of CDO with two very strong carbon-fluorine bonds.
Addition of fluorine and chlorine usually results in a flattening of the C 60 framework into a drum-shaped molecule.
All of the ozone depleting substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol contain either chlorine or bromine (substances containing only fluorine do not harm the ozone layer).
Almost all known xenon compounds contain the electronegative atoms fluorine or oxygen.
As a consequence, the most common halogen substitutions are the less reactive aromatic fluorine and chlorine groups.
A total of 31 isotopes of astatine have been discovered, with atomic masses ranging from 193 to 223. Production Approximately six million metric tons of the fluorine mineral fluorite are produced each year.
Common combinations with fluorine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with fluorine 9×
- fluorine and 8×
- of fluorine 7×
- fluorine atoms 6×
- to fluorine 5×
- fluorine gas 5×
- the fluorine 4×
- or fluorine 4×
- fluorine is 3×
- fluorine to 3×