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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
Fluorination is the chemical process of adding the element fluorine into a molecule. Fluorine has atomic number 9 and is in group 17, the halogens. Fluorination is a kind of halogenation. | Fluorination is the chemical process of adding the element fluorine into a molecule. Fluorine has atomic number 9 and is in group 17, the halogens. Fluorination is a kind of halogenation. | ||
| − | [[image: PeriodicTable.PNG]] | + | [[image: PeriodicTable.PNG|This periodic table is from wikimedia commons and shows Fluorine's position at the top of the Halogens (group 17).]] |
== Applications == | == Applications == | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 19 October 2009
Definition
Fluorination is the chemical process of adding the element fluorine into a molecule. Fluorine has atomic number 9 and is in group 17, the halogens. Fluorination is a kind of halogenation.
Applications
-surface energy (link to paper) -plastics
