Go back to listing compounds

fluorine


Name(s) fluorine
Scientific name(s) f; fluorine-19; bifluoriden; difluorine; 284syp0193; fluoro [italian]
Formula F2
Molecular mass 37.996
IUPAC name molecular fluorine
INCHI InChI=1S/F2/c1-2
SMILE FF
CAS ID 7782-41-4
PubChem ID 24524
DrugBank ID Not available
CHEBI ID 30236
Description Fluorine is the chemical element with atomic number 9, represented by the symbol F. It is the lightest halogen. Under normal conditions, elemental fluorine is a yellow-green gas consisting of diatomic molecules, F2. Fluorine is found in many foods, some of which are pear, almond, garden rhubarb, and cabbage.