Properties & Facts

Name: Fluorine

Formula: F₂

Molar Mass: 37.99g

Boiling Point: -188.2 °C

Melting Point: -219.67 °C

Density in Natural State: 1.695g/L (1.3 times as dense as air)

Fluorine is a pale yellow gas.

Fluorine is a diatomic element.

Fluroine is also extremely damaging to the soft tissues of the respiratory tract.

Fluorine is the most active chemical nonmetal element, reacting with virtually every other element, including noble gases at high temperatures and pressures. However, fluorine does not combine easily with helium, neon, or argon. It reacts with most compounds and more than often, violently. Because of this, it must be handled with extreme care.

Most electronegative element

Has a higher oxidation potential than ozone

Fluorine is the lightest member of the halogen family, elements in Group 17 of the periodic table.