--- title: "Who discover Fluroine?" description: "Who discover Fluroine?" author: "Harsh Srivastava" published: 2018-08-30 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49194/who-discover-fluroine category: "innovation, discovery and technology" tags: ["innovation, discovery and technology"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who discover Fluroine? Who discover Fluroine? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **“Henry Moissan” the [French](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51368/what-was-the-name-of-the-first-french-colony-in-texas) Chemist discovered Fluorine in 1886.** ![Who discover Fluroine?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/f958cba4-cf0a-4d11-b91c-bc1311b03ca7/images/d707f737-c475-4635-939f-1f1c5f98861c.jpeg)**\** **[Symbol](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31437/who-invented-mail-system-and-symbol-for-addresses) of Fluorine is “F”, Atomic Number is “9”, Atomic Mass is “18.998404”, and belongs to Halogen Family Group 17 (VIIA)**. Fluorine belongs to the Halogen Family in the ‘[Periodic Table](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35728/what-is-the-number-of-periods-in-which-periodic-table-is-divided)’. It is the lightest element of the ‘Halogen Family’. **The Halogen Family includes Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine.** Fluorine is the most reactive element of the Periodic Element, it even reacts with Nobel Gases at high [pressure](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31494/is-there-too-much-pressure-on-girls-to-have-perfect-bodies) and [temperature](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31978/which-part-of-the-body-is-used-by-elephant-to-control-the-body-temperature). **Fluorine gas is so dense that its color is “Pale Yellow” and density of 1.695 grams per liter**. The gas is so much reactive and has a sharp smell which makes it use with proper precautions and its odor helps people to smell it quickly if there is any leakage of gas while working in the [laboratory](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38292/what-is-the-name-of-indigenously-developed-heavyweight-anti-submarine-torpedo-developed-by-naval-science-and-technological-laboratory-of-the-drdo-which-was-recently-inducted-into-the-indian-navy). **Fluorine is the 13th most common element present in the crust i.e. about 0.06 percent in the earth. It is used commercially as the [Rocket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39356/which-country-has-successfully-launched-the-world-s-smallest-rocket-to-carry-tiny-satellite-into-orbit) Fuel.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49194/who-discover-fluroine Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.