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"At seven hundred freaking degrees, fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature."
From here--worth the read. (For non-chemists: even at room temperature, elemental fluorine is the most pathologically reactive chemical in existence. It requires special lab gear because it will bond to virtually anything, meaning it will strip the insides off glassware / stoppers / etc.)
Update: Out of curiosity, was reading the comments on that blog (also worth reading!) and did some googling / link following as a result. Found this chemistry book: 409 pages, costs $4,880! (No, that is not a typo: ~$12 per page!) I knew that textbooks were expensive, but good lord!
From here--worth the read. (For non-chemists: even at room temperature, elemental fluorine is the most pathologically reactive chemical in existence. It requires special lab gear because it will bond to virtually anything, meaning it will strip the insides off glassware / stoppers / etc.)
Update: Out of curiosity, was reading the comments on that blog (also worth reading!) and did some googling / link following as a result. Found this chemistry book: 409 pages, costs $4,880! (No, that is not a typo: ~$12 per page!) I knew that textbooks were expensive, but good lord!
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