Fluorine and Neon - Comparison - Properties

This article contains comparison of key thermal and atomic properties of fluorine and neon, two comparable chemical elements from the periodic table. It also contains basic descriptions and applications of both elements. Fluorine vs Neon.

fluorine and neon - comparison

Compare fluorine with another element

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Fluorine and Neon – About Elements

Fluorine

Fluorine is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at standard conditions. As the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other elements, including some noble gases, form compounds with fluorine.

Neon

Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds the density of air.

Fluorine in Periodic Table

Neon in Periodic Table

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Fluorine and Neon – Applications

Fluorine

Owing to the expense of refining pure fluorine, most commercial applications use fluorine compounds, with about half of mined fluorite used in steelmaking. The rest of the fluorite is converted into corrosive hydrogen fluoride en route to various organic fluorides, or into cryolite, which plays a key role in aluminium refining. Most commercial uranium enrichment processes (gaseous diffusion and the gas centrifuge method) require the uranium to be in a gaseous form, therefore the uranium oxide concentrate must be first converted to uranium hexafluoride, which is a gas at relatively low temperatures. Molecules containing a carbon–fluorine bond often have very high chemical and thermal stability; their major uses are as refrigerants, electrical insulation and cookware, the last as PTFE (Teflon).

Neon

Neon is often used in signs and produces an unmistakable bright reddish-orange light. Although tube lights with other colors are often called “neon”, they use different noble gases or varied colors of fluorescent lighting. Neon is also used to make high-voltage indicators and switching gear, lightning arresters, diving equipment and lasers. Liquid neon is an important cryogenic refrigerant. It has over 40 times more refrigerating capacity per unit volume than liquid helium, and more than 3 times that of liquid hydrogen.

Fluorine and Neon – Comparison in Table

Element	Fluorine	Neon
Density	0.0017 g/cm3	0.0009 g/cm3
Ultimate Tensile Strength	N/A	N/A
Yield Strength	N/A	N/A
Young’s Modulus of Elasticity	N/A	N/A
Mohs Scale	N/A	N/A
Brinell Hardness	N/A	N/A
Vickers Hardness	N/A	N/A
Melting Point	-219.8 °C	-248 °C
Boiling Point	-188.1 °C	-248.7 °C
Thermal Conductivity	0.0279 W/mK	0.0493 W/mK
Thermal Expansion Coefficient	N/A	N/A
Specific Heat	0.82 J/g K	0.904 J/g K
Heat of Fusion	0.2552 kJ/mol	0.3317 kJ/mol
Heat of Vaporization	3.2698 kJ/mol	1.7326 kJ/mol