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I'm waiting for it to show up in Derek Lowe's delightful blog, "Things I will not work with."
by analog31 4mo ago
I'm waiting for it to show up in Derek Lowe's delightful blog, "Things I will not work with."
- zahlman 4mo agoI don't see why it would. Did C60? Are fullerenes known for unusual reactivity? I'd expect the opposite, if anything.
- analog31 4mo agoNo, but boron compounds are notoriously reactive and unstable. My dad, brother, and spouse, all worked on boron chemistry during their careers. So I learned a little bit about it, though I'm not a chemist myself. You treat every new boron compound as if it's about to detonate.
- RetroTechie 4mo agoHehe... Any new chemical compound will not be considered hazardous / toxic etc, until a significant amount has been released into the environment. So 1. Figure out how to mass-produce the stuff 2. Come up with some totally unnecessary household & industrial applications, that involve the chemical's release into the environment 3. Find out it's hazardous. Or toxic. Or both. And -bonus points!- doesn't break down. In that order.