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The name is derived from the Latin word "fluores" with the meaning "which flow"; fluorine minerals were used in the past as flux in Metallurgy.

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What is the name of an element with 7 protons?

Flourine


What is the compound name for element F?

If you mean the name of the element with the symbol F, it is Flourine


What type of element is flourine?

Flourine is part of the Halogen groups


What is Flourine Made of?

Flourine is made up of atoms. Flourine is a chemical element and dose not contain anything other than fluorine atoms.


How much do flourine cost?

What's Flourine, I am gonna searcg that's right


What is the another word as pure?

If you mean something such as "pure flourine" it is referring to it's "elemental state" F2 in Flourine's case. If you mean something such as "pure flourine" it is referring to it's "elemental state" F2 in Flourine's case.


Where was flourine found?

in a cave.


What is the malleability of flourine?

Flourine is a non-metal, more specifically a gas. Therefore, it does not exhibit the metal property of being malleable.


Is flourine a metal?

No. Fluorine is a nonmetal.


What is the formula for flourine gas?

F2


What is flourine's atomic mass?

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Who discoverd flourine?

Henri Moissan