Sand won't save you this time...

[hairyears]

Yay! They're advertising a sports drink with extra 'zing': Chlorine Trifluoride -

Comments

[_nicolai_]

Is it available in quantities of tons? If not, then I think Chlorine Trifluoride still wins in the badass bigtime stakes.

[feanelwa]

HF is quite fun for that where fun = get it off your arm because if it gets through it will eat your bones.

[despotliz]

You may enjoy this list of Things I Won't Work With.

[hairyears]

Indeed I do: OF2 is discussed at length - and there is, for _Nicolai_'s benefit - a description of an incident in which several tons of the stuff breached the container. The author of Things I won't work with mentions finding running shoes useful "in these situations".

Do you have a copy of Ignition? FOOF, or cryogenic LOX - F2 sounds interesting.

[_nicolai_]

The "running shoes" comment and several tons setting concrete on fire is in regard to ClF3. FOOF is only available in small quantities, 1kg is a lot to make. Hence I still say, "unless it's available in ton quantities, I think ClF3 is worse".

Ignition is a ridiculously expensive book to buy, I haven't checked libraries yet.

[hairyears]

Ta- I was mistaken, and I have some editing to do. Serves me right for posting from the mobile

[sci]

Why is there no video of these super dangerous chemicals doing there thing? :(

[major_clanger]

Sodium meeting water. Fifteen tons of sodium...

[feanelwa]

"A once lethal war chemical becomes a pyrotechnic display", and a pH12 lake that will never support life again.

[pplfichi]

Great to go swimming in!