Fluorine Gas and Charcoal - part of our "Berzelius Day" uploading 24 videos in 24 hours. Full video containing this reaction at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWp45Eewtw NOTE FROM THE PROFESSOR: This is again a complex reaction. On the simplest level F2 reacts with C for form CF4, the fluorine analogue of methane, CH4. However, the carbon gets very hot and probably some of it burns in air to make CO2. Also at these high temperatures other C/F compounds such as C2F6 as probably formed. See our 24 reactions playlist as it unfolds at: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6E4F35510525FFF7 Berzelius Day explained: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXUDq2KLM4 More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/index.aspx Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran http://www.bradyharan.com/