Fluorine is the most reactive chemical element. Until now the accepted scientific doctrine was, that therefore it cannot exist in nature in its elemental form. A team of chemists has now, for the ...

Fluorine (Image credit: general-fmv, Andrei Marincas Shutterstock) History. Early chemists tried for years to isolate the element from various fluorides. It wasn't until 1986 that German chemist ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected fluorine, which can be found in our bones and teeth as fluoride, in a galaxy that is more than 12 billion light-years away.

In toothpaste, Teflon, LEDs and medications, it shows its sunny side - but elemental fluorine is extremely aggressive and highly toxic. Attempts to determine the crystal structure of solid ...