Periodic table / Halogens

9Fluorine

Fluorine is a halogen in group 17, period 2. At 25 °C it is a gas.

F
Shells: 2, 7. A simple picture: electrons do not move in circles.
Symbol
F
Atomic number
9 protons in the nucleus
Standard atomic weight
18.998 ± 0.001
Electron configuration
[He] 2s2 2p5
Electrons in each shell
2, 7
Group, period, block
17, 2, p
Family
Halogens
State at 25 °C
gas
Electronegativity
3.98 (Pauling scale)
First ionisation energy
1681 kJ/mol (17.42282 eV)
Where these numbers come from

Atomic weight: IUPAC CIAAW, abridged standard atomic weights 2024. Electron configuration and ionisation energy: NIST Atomic Spectra Database. Family, state and electronegativity: PubChem. See Sources. Melting points, boiling points and densities are left out for now: published values differ between sources, and we will add them once each has been checked.