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The global market for chemicals from fluorine was about US$16 billion per year as of 2006. [1] The industry was predicted to reach 2.6 million metric tons per year by 2015. [2] The largest market is the United States. Western Europe is the second largest. Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region of production. [2]
In order to combat the potential global warming effects of F-gases, and as part of the EU's Kyoto protocol commitments, in 2006 the European Union passed two pieces of legislation controlling their use: the F-gas Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 and the Mobile Air Conditioning Directive Directive 2006/40/EC. The F-gas Regulation adopts an approach ...
Fluorinert is the trademarked brand name for the line of electronics coolant liquids sold commercially by 3M.As perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), all Fluorinert variants have an extremely high global warming potential (GWP), [1] so should be used with caution (see below).
English: Diagram showing the sources, uses and conversion pathways of commercial fluorine. Suggested caption: "Major uses and sources of fluorine: Applications involving fluorine gas are shown in yellow. Percents indicate mass volumes, 2003 data." Coordinates for clickable links and suggested wikilinks and mouseover comments: rect 9 6 81 34 ...
Fluorite production (tonnes) by country Country (or area) Production World 5,500,000 China * 3,000,000 Mexico 936,433 South Africa * 240,000 Russia * 210,000 Spain
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen [note 1] and exists at standard conditions as pale yellow diatomic gas. Fluorine is extremely reactive as it reacts with all other elements except for the light inert gases. It is highly toxic.
Moissan's fluorine cell, from his 1887 publication. Fluorine is a relatively new element in human applications. In ancient times, only minor uses of fluorine-containing minerals existed. The industrial use of fluorite, fluorine's source mineral, was first described by early scientist Georgius Agricola in the 16th century, in the context of ...