14 May
2013
14 May
'13
10:08 a.m.
On May 14, 2013, at 9:38 AM, BE Arnold <bearnold at outlook.com> wrote:
On May 14, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Guy Sotomayor" <ggs at shiresoft.com>
wrote:
Florine on its own is nasty stuff. FOOF takes it to 11.
A really wild reaction is Hydrogen sulfide and FOOF yields 433Kcal (1812KJ). For
reference
Thermite releases only 851KJ. Nitroglycerin releases 1510KJ.
TTFN - Guy
On May 14, 2013, at 4:03 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Aww shucks.
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! 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…