Why is fluorine a gas at room temperature?

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Why is fluorine a gas at room temperature?

2006-11-28 06:22:00 · 3 answers · asked by Riotgirl976 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Follows the periodic table trend in halogen elements. Lower atomic weight - gas fluorine, chlorine - liquid bromine - solid iodine - higher atomic weight. Thats just the way it is babe!

2006-11-28 06:49:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's molecule is not polar. Plus, it has a small molar mass. So the intermolecular forces are not strong. That means that it is a gas at normal temperature.

2006-11-28 06:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by Dimos F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

God made it that way.

2006-11-28 06:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by animalmother 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋