Fluorine For Sale
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Background:
Name: Fluorine
Symbol: F
Origin of Element Name: Comes from the Latin verb "Fluo" meaning flow
Discoverer: Andre-Marie Ampere in 1810
Sources it Comes From: Fluorite rock
Uses: Cryolite, various organic Fluorides, and Steel making
Addition: Fluorine is the 24th most common element
Atomic Structure:
Shells: 2, 7
Electron Configuration:1s2 2s2p5
Minimum Oxidation: -1
Maximum Oxidation: 0
Common Minimum Oxidation: -1
Common Maximum Oxidation: 0
Appearacnce:
Crystal Structure: Cubic
Color: Colorless/Pale Yellow in gas form
Hardness: Mohs
Malleable/Ductile: Yes
Characteristics:
State at Room Temperature: Pale Yellow Gas
Heat of Fusion: .510 kJ/mol
Heat of Vaporization: 6.15 kJ/mol
Atomic Weight: 18.998403g/mol
Density: .001696 g/cm3
Atomic Volume: 17.1 cm3/mol
Atomic Radius: 72 Pm
Electronegativity: 3.98
Melting Point: 53.48 K or -219.67 C
Boiling Point: 85.03 K or -188.11 C
Specific Heat: 20 Cj/ gmol : .824 (F-F)
1st Ionization Energy: 1681 KJ/mol -1
2nd Ionization Energy: 3374 KJ/mol -1
3rd Ionization Energy: 6147 KJ/mol -1
Reactions:
With air: None
With 6M HCl: vigorous => HF, OF2, ClF3
With 15M HN03: None
With ^M NaOH: vigorous => O2, NaF