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The Periodic Table according to astronomers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 22 hours ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago

call the fluorine fire department

Sometimes there is no such department, especially for the most vigorous fluorinating reagents like chlorine trifluoride: Sand Won't Save You This Time (Derek Lowe)

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

it can potentially go on to “burn” things that you would normally consider already burnt to hell and gone, and a practical consequence of that is that it’ll start roaring reactions with things like bricks and asbestos tile.

Yeah, that's a big fat nope from me 😬