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Post #440,054 by drook 10/1/21 9:01:34 PM 10/1/21 9:01:34 PM Reply	Ever heard of FOOF? This is a thoroughly entertaining read. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride -- Drew
Post #440,056 by a6l6e6x 10/1/21 10:38:20 PM 10/1/21 10:38:20 PM Reply	Not until now! For sure, it's one aggressive compound. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #440,059 by pwhysall 10/2/21 9:55:16 AM 10/2/21 9:55:16 AM Reply	I've been reading and re-reading "Things I Won't Work With" for years
Post #440,062 by InThane 10/2/21 1:00:43 PM 10/2/21 1:00:59 PM Reply	Didn't even have to click through to remember Satan's kimchee... Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam. Edited by InThane Oct. 2, 2021, 01:00:59 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #440,065 by CRConrad 10/2/21 2:34:17 PM 10/2/21 2:34:17 PM Reply	Yup, recognised the link. Possibly from here... (Peewee?)
Post #440,069 by scoenye 10/2/21 7:04:39 PM 10/2/21 7:04:39 PM Reply	Internet coincidence FOOF popped up on The Register today, along with another more fund dealing with a related compound: https://corante.com/things-i-wont-work-with/sand-wont-save-you-this-time/
Post #440,073 by crazy 10/2/21 7:45:05 PM 10/2/21 7:45:05 PM Reply	Get a good pair of running shoes That was great advice.
Post #440,077 by drook 10/2/21 11:49:15 PM 10/2/21 11:49:15 PM Reply	Holy crap "It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively." WTF do you put it out with? I'd love to see the MSDS on this stuff. -- Drew
Post #440,089 by InThane 10/4/21 4:02:44 PM 10/4/21 4:03:02 PM Reply	Vacuum. Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam. Edited by InThane Oct. 4, 2021, 04:03:02 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #440,090 by drook 10/4/21 4:12:51 PM 10/4/21 4:12:51 PM Reply	Oh of course, let me go grab one from the closet -- Drew
Post #440,094 by scoenye 10/4/21 6:59:04 PM 10/4/21 6:59:04 PM Reply	Stop the leak - if you can (dare?)... https://www.lindecanada.ca/-/media/corporate/praxair-canada/documents-en/safety-data-sheet-linde-canada/e-4581-chlorine-trifluoride-safety-data-sheet-sds.pdf
Post #440,095 by drook 10/4/21 8:04:34 PM 10/4/21 8:04:34 PM Reply	Reacts violently with water ... Reduce toxic gasses by spraying with water ... Uhh, fellas? -- Drew

Ever heard of FOOF? - (drook) - (11) - Oct. 1, 2021, 09:01:34 PM EDT

Not until now! - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 1, 2021, 10:38:20 PM EDT

I've been reading and re-reading "Things I Won't Work With" for years -NT - (pwhysall) - Oct. 2, 2021, 09:55:16 AM EDT

Didn't even have to click through to remember Satan's kimchee... -NT - (InThane) - Oct. 2, 2021, 01:00:59 PM EDT

Yup, recognised the link. Possibly from here... (Peewee?) -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 2, 2021, 02:34:17 PM EDT

Internet coincidence - (scoenye) - (6) - Oct. 2, 2021, 07:04:39 PM EDT

Get a good pair of running shoes - (crazy) - Oct. 2, 2021, 07:45:05 PM EDT

Holy crap - (drook) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2021, 11:49:15 PM EDT

Vacuum. -NT - (InThane) - (1) - Oct. 4, 2021, 04:03:02 PM EDT

Oh of course, let me go grab one from the closet -NT - (drook) - Oct. 4, 2021, 04:12:51 PM EDT

Stop the leak - if you can (dare?)... - (scoenye) - (1) - Oct. 4, 2021, 06:59:04 PM EDT

Reacts violently with water ... Reduce toxic gasses by spraying with water ... Uhh, fellas? -NT - (drook) - Oct. 4, 2021, 08:04:34 PM EDT

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