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fluorinate, v. trans.|ˈfluːərɪneɪt| [f. fluorine + -ate3.] 1. Chem. To introduce an atom of fluorine into (a molecule or compound).
1931Chem. Abstr. XXV. 3643 The..unsatd. residues condense to compds. of higher mol. wt. and are also in part fluorinated by the [PhIF2] still present. 1943A. L. Henne in H. Gilman Org. Chem. (ed. 2) I. xi. 946 Hydrocarbons can be fluorinated in the gaseous form over copper gauze by means of fluorine diluted by nitrogen. 1961L. F. & M. Fieser Adv. Org. Chem. x. 356 A method in which hydrocarbons are fluorinated to saturated fluorocarbons by cobalt trifluoride was used on a small industrial scale during the war to produce fluorocarbon lubricants. 2. = fluoridate v. a.
1945Fluorine in Dental Health (N.Y. Inst. Clin. Oral Path.) 40 A method to control..dental caries—by fluorinating a communal water supply that is deficient in content of fluorine. 1958[see fluoridate v. a]. 1968Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Studies I. v. 9 Local authorities in Europe and America have fluorinated their water with a consequent improvement in the teeth of their children. Hence ˈfluorinated, ˈfluorinating ppl. adjs. (a) in sense 1; (b) in sense 2. (a.)1932Industr. & Engin. Chem. XXIV. 331/2 The series of fluorinated products, C2F6, C2F5CI, and C2F4CI2. 1935P. H. Groggins Unit Processes in Org. Synthesis iv. 180 Hydrofluoric acid, antimony trifluoride, and boron trifluoride are the fluorinating agents most frequently employed. 1966Cotton & Wilkinson Adv. Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xiv. 388 Sulfur tetrafluoride is a particularly useful and selective fluorinating agent for organic oxygen compounds. 1969H. B. Hass in S. A. Miller Ethylene x. 861 The production of fluorinated refrigerants and propellants for aerosol bombs consumes about 80 per cent of the carbon tetrachloride produced in the United States. (b.)1945Fluorine in Dental Health (N.Y. Inst. Clin. Oral Path.) 44 Will artificially fluorinated water produce in humans the results..caused by waters in which fluorine is found naturally? 1951Jrnl. Dental Res. XXX. 380 Onset of use of fluorinated waters has to occur within the first six years of life in order to produce an appreciable protection against caries. |