#flourine

[element-tournament]

FINALS

CARBON:

Forms the basis of all life

What diamonds, coal, and pencil lead are made of

Used to make graphene, one of the strongest materials (one atom of thickness is 200x stronger than steel)

SILICON:

Not to be confused with Silicone

Could potentially be used to make life instead of carbon

Used in a lot of electronics, hence the name of silicon valley

ARGON:

Has a distinctive purple glow

used in neon signs

often mistaken as a pirate's favorite element

POTASSIUM:

Found in high quantity in bananas

burning it produces a light purple or red flame

the first metal to be discovered by electrolysis

STRONTIUM:

Used in cancer treatment

Used in toothpaste

The most accurate atomic clock (to one second in the 200 million years) uses strontium atoms

FLOURINE:

the most receptive and most electronegative of all the chemical elements

oxygen, helium, neon, and argon are the only elements fluorine can't react with

the only element that can react with noble gases, specifically xenon, krypton, and radon

BISMUTH:

the most diamagnetic metal (meaning it gets repelled by magnets instead of attracted)

Known for its unique shape and colorful style

PROMETHIUM:

the last lanthanoid to be discovered

PLUTONIUM:

Named after the dwarf planet Pluto

Was once thought to have been discovered by Enrico Fermi along with element 93, but he was actually mistaken. He named it Hesperium.

An unnaturally poor conductor of electricity

Used to make atomic bombs, even more powerful than uranium

Known by some as the "forbidden gummy"

COBALT:

Turns a vibrant blue when heated to extreme temperatures

Named after kobolds, who are "mythical, death-dealing goblins" (not the lizard kobold)

One of only three elements that are ferromagnetic at room temperature

#element #periodic table #periodic table of elements #poll #polls #tournament #elements #carbon #silicon #argon #potassium #strontium #flourine #bismuth #promethium #plutonium #cobalt

[periodictabletournament]

Round 2 - Matchup 25

Flourine 9 (F) - The first halogen, and an absolute motherfucker. Reacts with literally everything except neon. Usually violently.

vs

Argon 18 (Ar) - Pink-purple when you put it in a neon tube. Useful for it's inert-ness and its relative abundance and therefore cheapness. Often used to help safely store other elements that would much rather catch everything around them on fire.

#Flourine #Argon #periodic polls #tournament polls

[narcalert]

whats up with these elements and why do they have emotions

#elements with emotions #ketsugou danshi #todoroki kuon #uroku shiki #beryllium #flourine #i dont fucking know man i just like their designs #drawing this made me slightly less kms so yaaay yippieee awesome

[roachmattea]

HI AMELIE how are youuu <33

HI MURPH!!! i am well.. i have to go to the evil dentist tomorrow but then im going to da mall with my friends so :] it balances out

how are you??

#i hope they dont put that gross flourine stuff on my. teeteh #its the worst #murph tag #ask

[nyawinterquartz]

Metal gear solid valentines day card that has a low quality PNG of smash bros solid snake that says "you make my metal gear solid". written in my blood

#mgs #metal gear solid #metal gear memes #valentines day #smash bros #just finished my chem test #flourine uranium carbon potassium rice tables #i once looked up alternatives to rice tables #it told me to use barley

[crowboss-whore]

I'm unreasonably in LOVE with my new theme

It's just,,, it's so nice :catshy:

Here's the screenshots as promised for the mobile users who don't have desktop (which is completely valid)

#Crow Talks ࿓ #Originally it was supposed to be Oxygene by Xuethms but then I saw this one #Which is called Flourine #And I just #I fell in love with it so quickly because it's so simple and pretty to look at

[waiterwaiterpercolator]

HELLO!!! I AM CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE REBLOGS FROM THE "WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TOS END YOU SILLY ASKS?" SO I CAN SEND PEOPLE SILLY QUESTIONS!!!!

1. What is your least favorite halogen?

2. What is your favorite cryptid?

HELLO!

1) You have made me do science 🙇🏼‍♂️

I think that based on 15 minutes of mad googling, my least favourite halogen would have to be astatine as i can't seem to find any information on it other than it decays very quickly and isn't much good for anything, whereas the other halogens almost all have at least one practical use.

2) My favourite cryptid might be Dobhar-chú because i like the idea of a really fuckin big otter roaming around. But i also like the whole "British big cats" phenomenon because a lot of sightings just seem to be reminiscent of the Father Ted scene where Dougal is introduced to the concept of "small vs far away".

#sorry if bits of this are incomprehensible i kept almost falling asleep with my thumb on the phone screen #and i seem to have downloaded a picture of the structure of flourine #ask meme #my asks

[jordblod]

so like obviously we’re constantly brain washed and manipulated by capitalism to buy and do stuff that’s not good for us and make us depend on a society that ultimately doesn’t want us to be well ya know but also sometimes i think about how many things have just literally been woopsie doopsies vs what is actually an active part of the capitalist hellplan  like u know sometimes people are like ‘did u know fluorine isn’t really good for ur teeth??, they (meaning Big Toothpaste i guess lol) just put it in there to make ur teeth worse so u will have to go to the dentist eventually and get them fixed for 100000000008395 bazillions and it’s like yeh it’s plausible sure but it might’ve been an accident maybe someone just thought it was good for ur teeth and then further way in the future testing was like oh nope sorry turns out not and now it’s killing all of our teeth and our lives bc some guy wanted to do some good geez but then again even if it were a mistake it’s a profitable mistake handed on a goddamn silver platter to capitalism hmmmm

#aaaand post #heads up i might be insane #look i don't know if flourine is good or bad for ur teeth it was just a random exempel #that i randomly heard once #lol i just wrote exempel that's my swedish slipping out #anyways i'm sleep deprived and high as shit does anyone understand these words?? #how is anyone supposed to know what is what in this life honestly #text #i say shit

[toxic-lucky]

So I’ve been tryna fill in some roles for Ralza’s travelling performer group, so I’d like to introduce you too the duo of Staiguards; Dulcia (left, flourine) and Galena (right, bloodstone)

#Dulcia Flourine #Galena Bloodstone #art #digital art

[batbrobeyond]

#fullmetal alchemist #fma #poll

[beepost-generator]

don't mess this up

#polls #silly #chemistry #earth #climate #atmosphere

[element-tournament]

HALOGENS: SEMIFINALS

FLOURINE:

the most receptive and most electronegative of all the chemical elements

oxygen, helium, neon, and argon are the only elements fluorine can't react with

the only element that can react with noble gases, specifically xenon, krypton, and radon

IODINE:

used to make the first photographs

Radioactive iodine can cure thyroid cancer

#element #periodic table #periodic table of elements #poll #polls #tournament #elements #flourine #iodine

[gottalottarocks]

You guys have probably heard that the EPA just set new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for the first time in decades for PFAS, which is BIG news in the industry, but not a surprise. I've been in meetings for months hearing about how new PFAS regulations were in the works, and the consensus in the environmental sector is that it's long overdue. But for the rest of you who've never heard of PFAS before I can break down what the big issues are and why they've taken so long to address.

^stolen from pubchem

So PFAS stands for per- and poly- flouroalkyl substances, and it's not one chemical compound, but an entire class of thousands of chemicals that have these chains of Carbon and Flourine atoms. For anybody who doesn't have a chem background fluorine is a nasty atom, it has seven electrons in its valence shell and it will do anything to fill it up to eight, creating incredibly strong bonds.

So you have really strong C-F bonds and these chains of C and F atoms are hydrophobic, which means these compounds are durable and water resistant, which makes them great for all sorts of industrial uses. And we've used them in everything: clothing, fast food wrappers, paints, solar panels, and non-stick pans just to start.

Unfortunately, these wonder chemicals are PBTM- Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic, and Mobile. They don't break down, they build up in the food chain, they have adverse health effects, and even though C-F chains are hydrophobic, additional compounds connected to them can make them soluble in water (so they're in our drinking water). We're starting to realize PFAS can raise cholesterol, inhibit immune response, interfere with your thyroid (part of your hormonal system), cause liver toxicity, is linked to cancer, and more!

At this point you're probably starting to think wtf, how did we allow the continued widespread use of these chemicals? Well, we have phased out quite a few high profile PFAS compounds including PFOA and PFOS, but we still want to regulate and test for them in our drinking water. While PFAS is in many different products, the biggest sources of contamination are industrial runoff, areas where fire fighting foams were tested and used, landfills that leach out PFAS into the surrounding area, and wastewater treatment plants. So don't feel too stressed about eating microwave popcorn or using nail polish.

The reason these regulations took so long to implement was because of how difficult it was to connect such small amounts of PFAS with health hazards. The level of concern for PFAS is extremely low- in the ppt (parts per trillion) range. When I sample for contaminants I'm generally testing in the ppm range and higher, for PFAS we're looking an entire scale lower. We literally did not have the technology before the last few decades to detect PFAS in the ppt range in water, let alone study their effects (you can't just impose massive regulations without any proof to back it up).

States that currently have PFAS limits in drinking water have mostly capped it in the 10-70 ppt range. The new MCLs are 4-10 ppt for the six PFAS compounds the EPA addressed, which are six of the most common and most studied PFAS compounds. Most of the bitching I've seen is about how much this will cost and that the new limits are too low. The conservative take on this is that there isn't enough evidence to support such low MCLs, although most people in the environmental industry feel that more and more research keeps coming out and will keep coming out (remember studying such small amounts of anything is difficult) to support these levels. On the other side of the spectrum, there's the consensus that this is just the beginning and that more and more regulations on PFAS will be needed.

And they're in the works! I saw a proposed rule by the EPA that would ban 12 (already defunct) PFAS substances from pesticides. It wouldn't really affect the current manufacturing of pesticides, but it would be a safeguard from letting them back into the manufacturing process in case of a conservative presidency.

If you're still here I'd like to end on the note that as our science improves, our understanding of how we have impacted the environment and our health will improve. We are constantly going to find out about the adverse effects of new chemicals or things that we may not even produce anymore, and that's a good thing. Over time we are going to make the world a healthier and safer place.

#PFAS #if the boomers were the lead poisoning generation then were the pfas and microplastics generation #chemistry #geology #science #environment #long post

[godmodebeginswithlesbians]

#mia's mumblings #fma

[fangirls-other-art]

As someone who’s never flirted/can’t flirt- I tried my best.

Request from @queenkittycat123

I have no idea where I got that pickup line from and that haunts me to this very day-

If you don’t know the periodic table, I am very sorry-

So I’ll just do this; Flourine (F), Iodine (I), Neon (Ne)

#genderbend #humanized au #mario au #super maria sisters #luigi #bowser #bowsette #bowuigi #my art #my designs #request #art requests #thanks for the ask! #ask

[detritiviolet]

are u made out of flourine and silver cause uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

=(