Fluorine vs Halogen - What's the difference?
fluorine | halogen |
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9.
(chemistry, countable) A fluorine atom.
(chemistry) Any element of group 7, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.
As nouns the difference between fluorine and halogen
is that fluorine is the chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9 while halogen is any element of group 7, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.fluorine
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(wikipedia fluorine)- an octahedron of fluorines
