14 May
2013
14 May
'13
12:16 p.m.
On May 14, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
On 05/14/2013 04:11 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Yes, that's where I first found out about FOOF. It is *insane* stuff.
TTFN - Guy
On May 14, 2013, at 4:03 AM, Liam Proven
<lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Speaking of which:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dio…
Great blog. On 13 May 2013 23:38, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at
shiresoft.com> wrote:
If you want really crazy, try FOOF (Dioxygen difluoride...O2F2). To create it heat
Florine
and Oxygen to 700C and cool quickly using liquid oxygen. It is *extremely* reactive
even
at -100C. For example liquid methane burns with a white flame when FOOF is added to it
at 90K.
Note: DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
TTFN - Guy
In a 100% O2 atmosphere, *everything* burns.
Not quite /everything./
But chlorine trifluoride is fun. It sets fire to wet sand. This is my
favourite chemistry article ever, I think:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_tim…