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fluoride
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Fluoride () is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine, with the chemical formula (also written ), whose salts are typically white or colorless. Fluoride salts typically have distinctive bitter tastes and are odorless. Its salts and minerals are important chemical reagents and industrial chemicals, mainly used in the production of hydrogen fluoride for fluorocarbons. Fluoride is classified as a weak base, since it only partially associates in solution, but concentrated fluoride is corrosive and can attack the skin.
Research
81,778 papers- Does fluoride exposure impact on the human microbiome?Toxicology letters · 2023
- [Fluoride Update].Swiss dental journal · 2020
- Systemic fluoride.Monographs in oral science · 2011
- Fluoride and fluoridation.Social science & medicine (1982) · 1988
- Fluoride in drinking groundwater and prevalence of fluorosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review.Acta odontologica latinoamericana : AOL · 2023
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26 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Occurrence
- In water
- In plants
- Chemical properties
- Basicity
- Structure of fluoride salts
- Inorganic chemistry
- Naked fluoride
- Biochemistry
- Applications
- Organofluorine chemistry
- Production of metals and their compounds
- Cavity prevention
- Laboratory reagent
- Dietary recommendations
- Estimated daily intake
- Safety
- Ingestion
- Hazard maps for fluoride in groundwater
- Neurodevelopmental effects
- Topical
- Other derivatives
- See also
- References
- External links
Fluoride () is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine, with the chemical formula (also written ), whose salts are typically white or colorless. Fluoride salts typically have distinctive bitter tastes and are odorless. Its salts and minerals are important chemical reagents and industrial chemicals, mainly used in the production of hydrogen fluoride for fluorocarbons. Fluoride is classified as a weak base, since it only partially associates in solution, but concentrated fluoride is corrosive and can attack the skin.
Fluoride is the simplest fluorine anion. In terms of charge and size, the fluoride ion resembles the hydroxide ion. Fluoride ions occur on Earth in several minerals, particularly fluorite, but are present only in trace quantities in bodies of water in nature.