Talk:Fluoride
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Rename to Fluorine[edit source | reply | new]
On all the other mineral pages, the elemental name (Fluorine) is used instead of some derivative (Fluoride).
For the sake of consistency, this page should probably be renamed to Fluorine.
Pyrrhus (talk) 23:02, 26 March 2019 (EDT)
- Fluorine and fluoride are different and can't be substituted for one another. Fluorine is a chemical element that exists as a gas and is highly toxic. Fluoride is an ion of fluoride that binds with other ions to form a solid, such as calcium fluoride or sodium fluoride. For scientific accuracy they should not replace each other. Kmdenmark (talk) 15:00, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
