Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Fluorine

Fluorine

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 23, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 23:40, 8 September 2014 (UTC)



Fluorine is the extremely reactive chemical element with atomic number 9. A highly toxic pale yellow gas at standard conditions, it was first described in 1529 as its principal source fluorite, a mineral added as a flux for smelting, and named after the Latin verb fluo meaning "flow". As the lightest halogen and most electronegative element, it is difficult and dangerous to separate from its compounds, and several early experimenters died or sustained injuries from their attempts. The process employed for its modern production, low-temperature electrolysis, remains the same as that used by Henri Moissan in 1886 to achieve its first isolation. The high costs of refining fluorine gas lead most commercial uses, such as aluminium refining, insulation and refrigeration, into handling its compounds, while uranium enrichment is the free element's largest application. Although fluorine is a part of some pharmaceuticals and appears as the fluoride ion in toothpaste, it has no known metabolic role in mammals, and a few plants possess fluorine-containing poisons to deter herbivores. Fluorocarbon gases are usually potent greenhouse gases and organofluorine compounds persist in the environment.
 * Most recent similar article(s): None, except the already listed TFA metalloid (which had Sandbh as its nominator). Last chemical element TFA was californium over three years prior.
 * Main editors:, ,
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: First FA for nominator; would be first TFA as well if this was listed on the main page. Also a vital article (level 4) with widespread coverage in other languages (expected, as it is a chemical element). No specific date in mind.
 * Support as nominator. Parcly   Taxel  03:15, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support: a worthy finale to a marathon piece of work. Sandbh (talk) 05:39, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose Definitely deserves it, but a better date would be the anniversary of discovery (June 26), though that is now far away. The blurb looks good and can be reused for the future nomination next year. Double sharp (talk) 12:26, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support; fluorine isn't a concept that would normally be identified with a particular date. Tezero (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Scheduling this for now rather than next June as I don't particularly see the importance of marking the 129th anniversary of its discovery in 2015. BencherliteTalk 23:40, 8 September 2014 (UTC)