Word of the Day:
fluorine
What It Means
The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
An atom of this element.
an octahedron of fluorines
Did You Know?
From Latin fluor (“flow”) + English -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
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