How to Use fluorine in a Sentence

fluorine

noun

• The team hopes that adding fluorine to the membrane will repel the water.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2020
• Then there are the halides — fluorine and chlorine compounds.
  — Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
• Many brands are beginning to move away from DWRs that use fluorine, but some brands do still use it.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 30 Jan. 2023
• For the block copolymer, the second block was a hydrocarbon with most of the hydrogens swapped out for fluorine atoms.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022
• Knix maintains that its products are free of PFAS and fluorine, based on third-party testing.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
• Their research found that all of the bowls tested positive for high levels of fluorine.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• This isn't really the case as almost all volcanic ash as some fluorine.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
• The zoom is fully weather-sealed, with water-repellant fluorine on the front glass.
  — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 20 Apr. 2023
• First, the team tested for the presence of organic fluorine, a compound that indicates the presence of PFAS.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• Both were tested by the lab for fluorine levels at or exceeding 10 parts per million (ppm).
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• As an S-Line optic the lens is weather-sealed and includes anti-smudge fluorine on its 95mm front element.
  — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 29 June 2022
• The next step will be to recognize which specific PFAS are in each of the products that tested positive for fluorine.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• This is a chain of eight carbon atoms, seven of which have fluorine atoms attached to them; the eighth is linked to two oxygen atoms, typical of an organic acid.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 May 2018
• The ash doesn't stay suspended for long -- usually days to weeks -- but the aerosols (fine droplets) of sulfuric acid or gases like chlorine and fluorine can stay aloft for months to years.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
• The appeal of the chemicals lies in their characteristic carbon-fluorine bonds, one of the strongest known to man.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 14 Oct. 2022
• In short, f-phenibut is simply Phenibut that has been chemically altered to include a fluorine atom.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• The articulated sleeves offer a full range of motion and the stretchy face fabric is treated with a fluorine-free DWR treatment.
  — Déjà Leonard, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• Heat is the key factor in breaking the carbon-fluorine bonds characteristic of this class of substances.
  — Lars Fischer, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
• Finding fluorine in such a distant galaxy expands the reach of this element.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
• From a perspective of science, the material is a clever mesh of silicates with a dash of fluorine secret sauce.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 4 July 2018
• The best choices rely on the fewest chemicals, such as fluorine, that might leach into your food or the environment after they’re used.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2020
• The signature feature of PFAS is the super-tight bond between fluorine and carbon, considered one of the tightest in nature.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
• It’s created by joining carbon and fluorine, one of the strongest bonds that can be made in organic chemistry.
  — National Geographic, 24 Jan. 2020
• Otherwise, the front glass has an anti-smudge fluorine coating.
  — PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
• But the mystery of how fluorine was created within these stars has persisted.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
• Other molecules cannot break between the carbon-fluorine bond, and instead slide off of surfaces treated with PFAS.
  — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
• The fluorine was spotted in faint radiation emitted billions of years ago.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• The face fabric is Bluesign approved and treated with a fluorine-free water repellent.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2020
• The researchers used a device that measures fluorine, a chemical indicator that PFCs may be present.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2017
• Coating the electrode with a water-repellent, fluorine-rich polymer can help.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 4 May 2020

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024