Fluoride

<p>Fluoride  is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemistry/ErD6ypnb">inorganic</a>, <a href="/facts/Monatomic_ion/HovBdsqw">monatomic</a> <a href="/facts/Ion/3bePpDna">anion</a> of <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">fluorine</a>, with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> F− (also written [F]−), whose salts are typically white or colorless. Fluoride salts typically have distinctive bitter tastes, and are odorless. Its salts and minerals are important <a href="/facts/Reagent/c3GLInCu">chemical reagents</a> and industrial chemicals, mainly used in the production of <a href="/facts/Hydrogen_fluoride/XfQxlqR6">hydrogen fluoride</a> for <a href="/facts/Fluorocarbon/jA9N6aoT">fluorocarbons</a>. Fluoride is classified as a weak base since it only partially associates in solution, but concentrated fluoride is corrosive and can attack the skin.
</p><p>Fluoride is the simplest fluorine <a href="/facts/Anion/wrbwhF3z">anion</a>. In terms of charge and size, the fluoride <a href="/facts/Ion/3bePpDna">ion</a> resembles the <a href="/facts/Hydroxide/zW0wxpWD">hydroxide</a> ion. Fluoride ions occur on <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a> in several minerals, particularly <a href="/facts/Fluorite/y2G7C8zk">fluorite</a>, but are present only in trace quantities in bodies of water in nature.
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Fluoride