Sodium fluoroacetate, also known as compound 1080, is an organofluorine chemical compound with the chemical formula FCH2CO2Na. It is the sodium salt of fluoroacetic acid. It contains sodium cations Na+ and fluoroacetate anions FCH2CO−2. This colourless salt has a taste similar to that of table salt and is used as a rodenticide.
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Common brushtail possum, an invasive pest in New Zealand whose population is controlled with sodium fluoroacetate
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. Fluorine is extremely reactive, as it reacts with all other elements except for the light inert gases.
Liquid fluorine (F2 at extremely low temperature)
Fluorite: Pink globular mass with crystal facets
Fluorapatite: Long, prismatic crystal, dull in lustre, protruding, at an angle, from matrix of aggregate-like rock
Cryolite: A parallelogram-shaped outline with diatomic molecules arranged in two layers