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Why fluorination is explosive?


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Fluorine:

  • Fluorine is the most electronegative element.
  • It is also the most reactive among all elements.
  • It forms a very strong covalent or ionic bond with the substrates.

Fluorination:

  • Fluorination is a well-known method to combine MONPs with fluorine-containing compounds or molecules.
  • Due to the low bond dissociation energy of F2 molecule (150.6kJmol1) the fluorination of hydrocarbons with pure fluorine gas occurs explosively.
  • One of the other reasons is due to the strong, exothermic nature of one of the termination steps.

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