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1st Edition - October 6, 2018
Author: Alain Tressaud
Fluorine: A Paradoxical Element, Volume Five, deals with the link between fluorine, humanity and the environment. It is divided into three main sections, including i) The history… Read more
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Fluorine: A Paradoxical Element, Volume Five, deals with the link between fluorine, humanity and the environment. It is divided into three main sections, including i) The history and developmental stages of fluorinated products, ii) Awareness of its importance in our environment, and iii) Recent contributions of fluoride products in medicine, pharmacy and our daily lives. Made engaging through interesting figures and accessible language, and written by a leading expert, Professor Tressaud, the book supports the work of scientists working in materials, toxicology and environmental science. It complements the author’s edited series, Progress in Fluorine Science, covering recent advances.
Chemists, and scientists working in related areas: materials science, environmental science, toxicology, public health, pharmacology
Section 1 - History and milestones of fluorine and fluorinated products1. The true nature of the imperial murrhina through a critical lecture of Pliny’s “Naturalis Historia”2. Uses of fluorinated minerals through centuries3. Georgius Agricola, a humanist mineralogist and creator of the word "fluoride"4. In search of the missing halogen, from the Renaissance to the end of XIXth century5. The isolation of fluorine on June 1886 by a pharmacist and chemist: Henri Moissan6. Developmental milestones of fluorinated products
Section 2 - Presence of fluorine and fluorinated compounds in our environment7. Genesis and cosmo-chemistry of fluorine8. Fluorine and our atmosphere9. Fluorine and the lithosphere
Section 3 - Fluorine, impact on mankind 10. Contributions of fluorinated molecules and products in medicine, pharmacy and biotechnologies11. Fluorine, impact on human health12. Fluorosis and physiological effects of fluorides on living organisms13. Improving the quality of drinking water by defluoridation
Section 4 - Conclusion14. What future for fluorine and fluorine products?
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