File:The fluorine economy.svg

English: Diagram showing the sources, uses and conversion pathways of commercial fluorine.

Suggested caption: "Major uses and sources of fluorine: Applications involving fluorine gas are shown in yellow. Percents indicate mass volumes, 2003 data."

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• rect 9 6 81 34 Fluorite
• rect 9 172 81 199 Fluorapatite
• rect 142 5 244 34 Hydrogen fluoride
• rect 142 65 245 97 Metal smelting
• rect 142 121 244 154 Glass production
• rect 309 5 411 33 Fluorocarbons
• rect 310 63 413 92 en:Sodium hexafluoroaluminate
• rect 311 121 414 154 Pickling (metal)
• rect 310 171 412 200 Fluorosilicic acid
• rect 309 211 412 243 Alkane cracking
• rect 483 6 585 34 Hydrofluorocarbons
• rect 484 47 585 76 Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• rect 483 88 586 116 Chlorofluorocarbon
• rect 483 128 585 160 Teflon
• rect 484 170 586 200 Water fluoridation
• rect 483 210 586 238 Uranium enrichment
• rect 484 258 586 287 Sulfur hexafluoride
• rect 484 297 585 357 Tungsten hexafluoride
• rect 28 246 177 293 Phosphogypsum

Sources:

• Villalba, Gara; Ayres, Robert U.; Schroder, Hans (2008). "Accounting for fluorine: production, use, and loss". Journal of Industrial Ecology 11: 85–101. doi:10.1162/jiec.2007.1075.
• Dae Jin Sung, Dong Ju Moon, Yong Jun Lee, Suk-In Hong (2004). "Catalytic Pyrolysis of Difluorochloromethane to Produce Tetrafluoroethylene". International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering 2: A6. doi:10.2202/1542-6580.1065.
• Vithoontien, Viraj. "Managing HCFC Production and Consumption". 2008. The World Bank. Accessed 2012-01-02.
• "Production and Sales of Fluorocarbons". 2007. AFEAS. Accessed 2012-01-02.

Note: Source is already simplified and some additional simplifications have been made. Feedback loops are not shown. Every application is not shown. Etc.