April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Watch über-active fluorine gas form stable compounds so,
Like Teflon’s nonstick CF2s, but CFCs must go!
Let fluoride help strong teeth to make,
On “would-be drugs” watch F (so small!) new pharma-traits bestow.
THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE GROUP 17 HALOGENS
Fluorine surveys its fellow halogens from its vantage point atop group 17 of the periodic table. In elemental form fluorine is a highly toxic1, pale yellow gas (F2) that’s also the most reactive of all elements. Yet, after reacting, many of the compounds it forms are particularly ...