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Fluorinated vs Polyfluorinated - What's the difference?

fluorinated | polyfluorinated |

As adjectives the difference between fluorinated and polyfluorinated

is that fluorinated is (chemistry) treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid while polyfluorinated is (organic chemistry) fluorinated with many fluorine atoms.

As a verb fluorinated

is (fluorinate).

fluorinated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fluorinate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
  • (chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.

    • See also

    * halogenated

    polyfluorinated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (organic chemistry) fluorinated with many fluorine atoms