fluorine
The origin and history of fluorine.
Etymology
Fluorine comes from the Latin word fluor, meaning flow, combined with the English suffix -ine. The British chemist Humphry Davy coined the name in 1813.
The origin and history of fluorine.
Fluorine comes from the Latin word fluor, meaning flow, combined with the English suffix -ine. The British chemist Humphry Davy coined the name in 1813.
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