

- Fluoride, which
helps prevent tooth
decay
- Refrigerants
- Used to etch glass
in light bulbs and
other products
- Is a gas.
- Has a Yellowish
green color
- Is corrosive,
highly toxic,
poisonous
- Has an
unpleasant smell.
- Most toxic and electronegative
element.
- Discovered by French chemist
Joseph Henri Moissan in 1886.
- The lightest Halogen element.
- Commonly misspelled as
Flourine, or mistaken as Fluoride.
from potassium fluoride, and hydrogen
fluoride.


Group: 7-A
Period: 2
Chemical Symbol: F
Atomic Number: 9
Atomic Mass: 18.998
Family: Halogen



