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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]
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen ... The global market was estimated at just under $6 billion in 2011 ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who heads the Department of Health and Human Services, has said U.S. President Donald Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies ...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (also PFAS, [1] PFASs, [2] and sometimes referred to as "forever chemicals" [3] [4]) are a group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain; there are 7 million such chemicals according to PubChem. [5]
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).
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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