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Here's his most famous article on FOOF (Dioxygen Diflouride) https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluor

Here's his most famous article on FOOF (Dioxygen Diflouride) 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... It seems there are multiple chemist-author hybrids out there!

ggm 7y ago
At seven hundred freaking degrees, fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature. Gentle and Forgiving nature...
- HarryHirsch 7y ago
  The inimitable Martin Poliakoff demonstrates it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWp45Eewtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWp45Eewtw
  - ebg13 7y ago
    "It was much more exciting than I thought" is a great opening line.
  - ggm 7y ago
    Great communication
- fuzzfactor 7y ago
  We used to do this under pressure in heavy-walled alloy cylinders being irradiated with megawatts of microwave energy behind a blast shell facing into the deep woods at the far end of the specialty fluorochemical research plant.
TomVDB 7y ago
Like the story about the SR-71 Blackbird asking for a speed check, I will never not read the FOOF article again when somebody posts the link. (https://tribunist.com/technology/sr-71-blackbird-pilot-trolls-arrogant-fighter-pilot-with-ground-speed-check/ https://tribunist.com/technology/sr-71-blackbird-pilot-troll...)
- vanderZwan 7y ago
  Thank you for that link, first time I saw it!
hprotagonist 7y ago
“sand won’t save you this time” is also excellent. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sa... “i always recommend a good pair of running shoes”, indeed.