The city council of a small town wanted to add fluoride to their water so that all the residents would have
healthier teeth. The mayor had read that ionic compounds must be used to get the fluoride into water. He
looked up fluorine containing compounds and came up with the following list.
NaF
NFZ
SIF
CaF2
NHF
Using academic vocabulary in paragraph form, discuss the following:
Explain which compound(s) could produce fluoride ions in the water. In your response, be sure to include:
which of the listed compounds are ionic and which are covalent.
• how ionic and covalent compounds are different.
why only ionic compounds would produce fluoride in water.