Читать книгу Concise Handbook of Fluorocarbon Gases - Sina Ebnesajjad - Страница 34

Fluorine represents the most extreme of all elements [1]. It is the most reactive element known to man. It reacts with glass and nearly everything else. Even noble gases such as xenon, krypton and gold are not safe because every one of them reacts with fluorine. Fluorine is quite unique among all other elements because of its properties. It carries its uniqueness into organic substances when fluorine substitutes hydrogen and other elements in their molecules. The first synthesis of fluorine has been attributed to Moissan who exhibited the reactivity of fluorine [2].

The impact of fluorine on other materials, nicknamed superhalogen, is more severe than that of other halogens including chlorine. This chapter describes fluorine ores and the basic chemistry of reactions to produce organic fluorine compounds. Narrow aspects of fluorine chemistry related to the preparation of commercial fluorinated alkanes are discussed. An overview of the polymerization of fluorinated oleffinic monomers is also reviewed. The readers should consult the books and articles cited in this chapter for a broader understanding of fluorine chemistry.