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FOOF[1] is still my favorite in this series. Such a wonderfully onomatopoeic chemical formula. If you read the reference I shared you’ll see that some maniacs
by User23 7y ago
FOOF[1] is still my favorite in this series. Such a wonderfully onomatopoeic chemical formula.
If you read the reference I shared you’ll see that some maniacs reacted chlorine trifluoride with dioxygen difluoride.
High energy chemistry is nifty.
[1] https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/th...
- Retric 7y agoI love the line: At seven hundred freaking degrees, fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature. Meanwhile, the wiki page on Florine looks more like that of a serial killer than an element. "fluorine martyrs" indeed.