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The fire diamond on Wikipedia says 4 0 4 or: deadly, explosive, NOT flammable. Weird stuff!

• Ygg2 3y ago
  It's not flammable. Check the white part (OX ~W~). It's an oxidizer (that reacts with water). It's same with pure oxygen. Oxygen is not flammable. It's not a fuel source. For example a pure hydrogen can be kept in bottle indefinitely. But if you put something even a bit reactive - like rusted piece of iron, in pure O2 it will burn like a candle. ClF3 makes pure O2 look like water. I.e. whatever you put in, chances are it's going to burn and make HF/HCl as byproduct. Good luck.
  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    Yeah I said not flammable (sorry in all caps, which may have looked like an acronym). That is what makes it interesting. It sounds like "oxygen on steroids" might be a way to describe it. I wonder... can it burn oxygen (with oxygen being the "fuel")?
    • Ygg2 3y ago
      Not as such it seems, neither have an electron they can donate. In fact under normal conditions ClF3 will dissociated into ClF + F2, also strong oxidizers on their own. Maybe under special conditions they would react, but it seems they aren't able to rip each others electrons.