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fluorine

Pale yellow, gaseous, non-metallic element, atomic number 9, relative atomic mass 19. It is the first member of the halogen group of elements, and is pungent, poisonous, and highly reactive, uniting directly with nearly all the elements. It occurs naturally as the minerals fluorite (CaF2) and cryolite (Na3AlF6). Hydrogen fluoride is used in etching glass, and the freons, which all contain fluorine, are widely used as refrigerants.

Fluorine was discovered by the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele in 1771 and isolated by the French chemist Henri Moissan in 1886. Combined with uranium as UF6, it is used in the separation of uranium isotopes.

The Infrared Space Observatory detected hydrogen fluoride molecules in an interstellar gas cloud in the constellation Sagittarius in 1997. It was the first time fluorine had been detected in space.



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