Fluorine - Periodic Table of Videos

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in fluoride and fluorine threads as a short, fun demonstration of how nasty fluorine is.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Periodic Videos

Topic

fluorine chemistry

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2021

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From the original HN conversations

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• An educational video from Univ. of Nottingham, if you don't know how nasty (and fun) Fluorine is: [VIDEO] (and they explain the tooth enamel theory towards the end as well).

• Every time I hear anything about Flourine, I’m reminded of “Sand Won’t Save You This Time” [LINK] I also suggest watching the Periodic Table of Videos episode on Flourine: [VIDEO]

• This is a good little interesting video on fluorine here (previously linked by someone else), and the ending is the best description of tin fluoride for teeth I've ever seen -- well worth the ~6min [VIDEO] (edit: added link)