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A chemists nightmare: CLF3

submitted by dingens

1 decade 1 year 1 week ago

From http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/04/05/chlorine_trifluoride_some_empirical_findings.php:

You may observe the mild reactivity of this gentle substance (Chlorine Trifluoride) as it encounters various common laboratory materials, and draw your own conclusions. We have Plexiglas, a rubber glove, clean leather, not-so-clean leather, a gas mask, a piece of wood, and a wet glove. Some of this, under ordinary circumstances, might be considered protective equipment. But not here.

3 Comments

dingens

says...

Oh, and from WP: It can ignite (amongst others) teflon, sand and asbestos.

oritteropo

says...

The most popular "Things I won't work with" article is on this very substance - Sand won't save you this time, and with good reason, it's a good read. The compound itself is described as "much more difficult to handle than fluorine gas" and a stronger oxidizing agent than oxygen itself.

p.s. Oops, should've followed the link in your description first, since the article is linked there already.