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  • noun Common misspelling of fluorine.

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Examples

  • Remember, flourine and chlorine are deadly poisons, in the right concentrations.

    HSUS Renews Call For Nationwide Lead Ban Dave Hurteau 2008

  • This makes sence in terms of the foreigness of having much flourine introduced into biological tissues., its toxicity and reactivity.

    Wingnut Murder Spree or Are WE Part of the Problem? 2009

  • KAERI said the new separator, made by mixing polyethylene, nano-alumina and flourine-based resin and subjecting this compound to radiation, has effectively overcome weaknesses of existing batteries.

    November 2009 - Fareastgizmos.com 2009

  • If you took away just one proton, you would have flourine, a gas which, far from being inert, is highly reactive and dangerous.

    The first paragraph I wrote today was... Edward Willett 2006

  • If you took away just one proton, you would have flourine, a gas which, far from being inert, is highly reactive and dangerous.

    Archive 2006-04-23 Edward Willett 2006

  • A fascinating piece on the military implications of a skip-glide orbital vehicle - along with the liquid flourine/hydrazine rockets that could have been used to launch it.

    Things that go fast and explode autopope 2004

  • Eldest son was going to save a bottle of our town's own water (the city's has a reputation for not being the cleanest, and occasionally sending freshwater shrimp down through the pipes ... dead of course, from the flourine and chlorine), so I hope he's got it already.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003

  • Silicic acid and flourine: Browning Test: the sample is mixed with calcium chloride and sulphuric acid to a pulp in a thimble-shaped lead crucible which is then covered by a lead lid with a hole in the middle.

    1.1 Blow pipe assaying 1993

  • The procedure can also be used to test for flourine by mixing the sample substance with silicic acid and sulphuric acid.

    1.1 Blow pipe assaying 1993

  • They are sources of iodine and flourine and some fresh seaweed contains vitamin C.

    Chapter 6 1983

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