fluorinatev.

1931 Chem. Abstr. 25 3643 The..unsatd. residues condense to compds. of higher mol. wt. and are also in part fluorinated by the [PhIF₂] still present.

1943 A. 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.

1977 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) xii. 537 The reaction cannot be performed with fluorine, but active compounds, such as β-keto esters, have been fluorinated by treating the enolate ion with perchloryl fluoride.

1999 Materials World July 413/1 Figure 4 shows a survey spectrum from a sample of polypropylene which has been partially fluorinated.

2001 J. H. Holloway in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 87 While working on the preparation of PtF₆ by fluorinating platinum metal in glass apparatus, Neil Bartlett noticed another compound.

1945 Fluorine in Dental Health (N.Y. Inst. Clin. Oral Pathol.) 40 A method to control..dental caries—by fluorinating a communal water supply that is deficient in content of fluorine.

1958 G. B. Denton Vocab. Dentistry & Oral Sci. iv. 182 An opinion favoring the use of fluoridate was adopted by the Journal of the American Dental Association for its style in 1950, and the publicity given to it was probably largely responsible for establishing the use of that term to supersede fluorinate.

1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. v. 9 Local authorities in Europe and America have fluorinated their water with a consequent improvement in the teeth of their children.

2002 B. Galvin in K. A. Wyka et al. Found. Respiratory Care xxxi. 900/1 We..improved our sanitation conditions, reduced the overcrowding conditions, fluorinated our water, and paid greater attention to our nutrition.