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Fluorine

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Fluorine is a pale yellow gas.

Fluorine molecule ball.svg
Fluorine molecule ball.svg
It is very strong. It likes to join with other things. It helps keep your teeth healthy. You can find it in toothpaste.
US Navy 090526-F-1333S-023 A service member embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) gives a Fluoride treatment to a patient during a Continuing Promise 2009 medical civil service projec.jpg
US Navy 090526-F-1333S-023 A service member embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) gives a Fluoride treatment to a patient during a Continuing Promise 2009 medical civil service projec.jpg
Do you brush your teeth?

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File:Fluorine molecule ball.svg
Fluorine molecule ball.svg
File:Beta fluorine unit cell.svg
Beta fluorine unit cell.svg
File:Beta-fluorine crystal structure.gif
Beta-fluorine crystal structure.gif
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Book9-25.gif
File:Recherches sur l’isolement du fluor, Fig. 5.PNG
Recherches sur l’isolement du fluor, Fig. 5.PNG
File:Uranium hexafluoride crystals sealed in an ampoule.jpg
Uranium hexafluoride crystals sealed in...
File:Sodium-fluoride-unit-cell-3D.png
Sodium-fluoride-unit-cell-3D.png
File:Bismuth-pentafluoride-chain-from-xtal-1971-3D-balls.png
Bismuth-pentafluoride-chain-from-xtal-1971...
File:Rhenium-heptafluoride-3D-balls.png
Rhenium-heptafluoride-3D-balls.png
File:Boiling-points Chalcogen-Halogen.svg
Boiling-points Chalcogen-Halogen.svg
File:Chlorine-trifluoride-3D-balls.png
Chlorine-trifluoride-3D-balls.png
File:Xenon tetrafluoride crop.gif
Xenon tetrafluoride crop.gif

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