Poetic Referendum(s) On Life

Playing With Flouride

will i do anything with this?

F...my fluorescence (Father)
highly reactive element
and chemist killer
efforts to isolate dangerous.

highly toxic, corrosive.
pale yellow diatomic gas
at room temp.

bursting electronegativity
higher than electron affinity.

Fluoride is fluorine ion. (ion def.)

mineral fluorspar, glows in the dark.
fluorescence. unlike Fluoride
europium gave fluorite effect.

Sodium fluoride saves
from rot teeth.

Fluorine attacks metals.
Steel wool will ignite
exposed to pure fluorine gas.

War War 2 only reason
Commercial production of fluorine
needed to enrich uranium.

https://sciencenotes.org/fluorine-facts/

5.29.23
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