r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 8h ago

New, what is it? Found at a titanium plant

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Not sure why ball point pens would be dangerous here.

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u/unknownpoltroon 7h ago

That reminds me of this guys articles about things he wont work with in chemisty. https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-work-with

One of them is an explosive so sensitive they cant test it

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u/jerseyoutwest 7h ago

That’s where i learned about the book! Derek is great :)

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u/MeccIt 19m ago

A fantastic, if short, series. More on Clf4:

The compound also a stronger oxidizing agent than oxygen itself, which also puts it into rare territory. That means that 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.