Practical Applications of Organic Fluorine Compounds

Abstract

The development of fluorine chemistry is closely related to practical applications of fluorine derivatives. It was not until the early 1930’s that fluorine chemistry became of interest to large-scale producers, after the discovery of fluorinated refrigerants commonly called “Freons.” Later on, fluorinated plastics added to the importance of fluorine derivatives. The use of fluorocarbons in the field of atomic energy meant a further extension of practical uses of fluorine derivatives. And when the boom of industrial applications started to level off, several pharmaceuticals were added to the list of largescale products. These are the most important industrial applications [224, 225], and will be dealt with in sequence.