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oh my heavens, no.
Jan 26, 2009 22:29
For
gfish
,
yami_mcmoots
and
randomdreams
:
"Let's put it this way: during World War II, the Germans were very interested in using the substance in self-igniting flamethrowers, but found it too nasty to work with. It is apparently about the most vigorous fluorinating agent known, and is much more difficult to handle than fluorine gas. That's one of those statements you don’t get to hear very often."
I think the part about hydrofluoric acid is my favorite.
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