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- noun Common misspelling of
fluorine .
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Examples
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Remember, flourine and chlorine are deadly poisons, in the right concentrations.
HSUS Renews Call For Nationwide Lead Ban Dave Hurteau 2008
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This makes sence in terms of the foreigness of having much flourine introduced into biological tissues., its toxicity and reactivity.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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The procedure can also be used to test for flourine by mixing the sample substance with silicic acid and sulphuric acid.
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They are sources of iodine and flourine and some fresh seaweed contains vitamin C.
Chapter 6 1983
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