How to Use fluorine in a Sentence

fluorine

noun
Definition of fluorinenext
  • The team hopes that adding fluorine to the membrane will repel the water.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Then there are the halides — fluorine and chlorine compounds.
    — Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Many brands are beginning to move away from DWRs that use fluorine, but some brands do still use it.
    — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 30 Jan. 2023
  • For the block copolymer, the second block was a hydrocarbon with most of the hydrogens swapped out for fluorine atoms.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022
  • Knix maintains that its products are free of PFAS and fluorine, based on third-party testing.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Their research found that all of the bowls tested positive for high levels of fluorine.
    — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • This isn't really the case as almost all volcanic ash as some fluorine.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
  • The zoom is fully weather-sealed, with water-repellant fluorine on the front glass.
    — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 20 Apr. 2023
  • First, the team tested for the presence of organic fluorine, a compound that indicates the presence of PFAS.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As an S-Line optic the lens is weather-sealed and includes anti-smudge fluorine on its 95mm front element.
    — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 29 June 2022
  • This is a chain of eight carbon atoms, seven of which have fluorine atoms attached to them; the eighth is linked to two oxygen atoms, typical of an organic acid.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 May 2018
  • The ash doesn't stay suspended for long -- usually days to weeks -- but the aerosols (fine droplets) of sulfuric acid or gases like chlorine and fluorine can stay aloft for months to years.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The appeal of the chemicals lies in their characteristic carbon-fluorine bonds, one of the strongest known to man.
    — Drew Kann, ajc, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The articulated sleeves offer a full range of motion and the stretchy face fabric is treated with a fluorine-free DWR treatment.
    — Déjà Leonard, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Heat is the key factor in breaking the carbon-fluorine bonds characteristic of this class of substances.
    — Lars Fischer, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Finding fluorine in such a distant galaxy expands the reach of this element.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
  • From a perspective of science, the material is a clever mesh of silicates with a dash of fluorine secret sauce.
    — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 4 July 2018
  • The best choices rely on the fewest chemicals, such as fluorine, that might leach into your food or the environment after they’re used.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The signature feature of PFAS is the super-tight bond between fluorine and carbon, considered one of the tightest in nature.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
  • It’s created by joining carbon and fluorine, one of the strongest bonds that can be made in organic chemistry.
    — National Geographic, 24 Jan. 2020
  • But the mystery of how fluorine was created within these stars has persisted.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Other molecules cannot break between the carbon-fluorine bond, and instead slide off of surfaces treated with PFAS.
    — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The fluorine was spotted in faint radiation emitted billions of years ago.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The face fabric is Bluesign approved and treated with a fluorine-free water repellent.
    — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2020
  • The researchers used a device that measures fluorine, a chemical indicator that PFCs may be present.
    — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Coating the electrode with a water-repellent, fluorine-rich polymer can help.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 4 May 2020
  • The eruption killed 60 percent of the livestock on Iceland due to animals ingesting fluorine the volcano emitted.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Combinations of carbon and fluorine molecules littered the soil and water, where they were absorbed by fish and, quite possibly, the people who live there.
    — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The compound, difluoro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane is the same molecule as DDT, except with fluorine atoms replacing two of the chlorines.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Then fluorine atoms fell off as well, abandoning their carbon companions to form fluoride, a safe form of fluorine.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022

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