The history of isolating fluorine from HF is pretty scary: Humphry Davy of England: poisoned, recovered. George and Thomas Knox of Ireland: both poisoned, one

The history of isolating fluorine from HF is pretty scary: Humphry Davy of England: poisoned, recovered. George and Thomas Knox of Ireland: both poisoned, one bedridden 3 years, recovered. P. Louyet of Belgium: poisoned, died. Jerome Nickels of Nancy, France: poisoned, died. George Gore of England: fluorine / hydrogen explosion, narrowly escaped injury. Henri Moissan of France: poisoned several times, success, but shortened life. For isolating fluorine, Moissan got the Nobel prize, two months before he died. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_fluorine#Early_isolation_attempts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_fluorine#Early_isol...