(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
Used in a Sentence
fluorinated
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fluorinated.
Editorial note
Because of how ubiquitous fluorinated toothpaste is the argument for adding it to water supplies is significantly reduced.
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Quick take
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of fluorinated gathered in one view.
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for fluorinated.
adjective
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
adjective
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
Example sentences
Because of how ubiquitous fluorinated toothpaste is the argument for adding it to water supplies is significantly reduced.
The 70% of Americans who drink fluorinated water get a free 25% reduction in cavities without active involvement.
The principle cause is a complete breakdown of teflon into fluorinated small-molecule gases, such as hydrogen fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene.
When you heat teflon to 500C+, the molecules break down into small molecule fluorinated gases.
Do you have any reputable evidence that fluorinated toothpaste is harmful (assuming normal usage)?
They are already banned - but the next generation of fluorinated refrigerants are apparently ok for the ozone layer but have a greenhouse effect.
I thought it was ozone depletion, not greenhouse effects, that led to the fluorinated gas phaseout?
We're encouraged to brush after each meal, though, using fluorinated toothpaste.
I would be more interested to see a source as to why you think there's no benefit to fluorinated water when there are studies that are a quick search away for fluorinated water.
Another fluorinated greenhouse gas used in etching is nitrogen trifluoride.
Powder doesn’t contain fluorinated compounds, at least to my knowledge.
I agree with you in that I think confounders are at play and the difference attributed to fluorinated water isn't as large.
Quote examples
There is also high quality evidence that in the age of fluorinated toothpaste, fluorinated water "may slightly" improve dental health.
They have played games, producing "different" solvents but they're all the same thing, the same reactive part connected to a chain of a different length that is fully fluorinated.
It was certainly not the chemists who had to be "ordered...to halt discharges of all fluorinated compounds into the river." But as a chemist my hunch is that simple non-structured per fluorinated small molecules are probably as biologically inert as silicones in vanishingly small doses.
Proper noun examples
Fluorinated gases like Freon are being phased out due to being even worse for global warming.
Fluorinated uranium rain two countries away?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use fluorinated in a sentence?
Because of how ubiquitous fluorinated toothpaste is the argument for adding it to water supplies is significantly reduced.
What does fluorinated mean?
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
What part of speech is fluorinated?
fluorinated is commonly used as adjective.