Ridiculously dangerous chemical compound/pathogen/anything thread.
"It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water — with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals — steel, copper, aluminum, etc. — because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes."
>>8060452
>Quoting without a source
Just leave. This is the last board where you should think that's an acceptable thing to do.
>>8060467
It was John Drury Clark you autist, are you new here?
H2O for sure
>can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
>is a major component in acid rain
>can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
>accidental inhalation can kill you
>contributes to erosion
>decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
>has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
>>8060472
>are you new here?
Not him, but you're still a douche for:
a) making me read the text in your OP pic
b) assuming everyone here knows who this relatively obscure chemist/sci-fi author is
>>8061198
I'm not even OP, and you're new
>>8061230
What does this shit do?
Dimethyl mercury?
>>8061232
it's really toxic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn
Not terribly toxic but catches fire upon contacting air.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheri_Sangji_case
>>8060467
>not recognizing text from Ignition!
>>8060467
That quote is an established /sci/ meme you fucking newfag
NaCN
:v)
>>8060452
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
>>8060452
Prions, which are misfolded proteins and, as pathogens, can cause Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, among other things, (in which neural tissue deteriorates and dies) which are 100% invariably fatal to both animals and humans. Basically, if someone were to feed a group of people meat contaminated with prions, they would all end up dead, without exception.
>>8062052
Incidentally, how do prions propagate once they've infected someone? (Do they?)
>>8062059
usually they are transferred by eating infected flesh a good example is when cannibals etc other peoples brains.
>>8062071
But how do they replicate?
>>8062059
Not everything about them is understood, research is ongoing.
One of the theories, put simply, states that when prions interact with normal functioning proteins with the same amino acid sequence but normal conformation (a-helix) instead of the misfolded cofnormation the prions have, they cause them to misfold as well, disrupting whatever function the normal proteins were serving in the first place.
mercaptanes in general smell so bad you'll kill yourself
>>8060473
Kek
>>8060452
I wonder how long it will be until there are computer programs that will enter this category. It's bound to happen, given the increasing sophistication of malware and dependence on software for ordinarily life.
>>8061235
>she was a womyn in science member
Glad she's dead
>>8060467
Whenever the topic drifts towards this compound I am always looking for that good pair of running shoes.
Since you are clearly new here I'd like to say welcome.
>>8062059
Also by blood.
I lived in the UK during the BSE scandal and I am therefore not permitted to become a blood donor.
FOOF
> “Being a high energy oxidizer, dioxygen difluoride reacted vigorously with organic compounds, even at temperatures close to its melting point. It reacted instantaneously with solid ethyl alcohol, producing a blue flame and an explosion. When a drop of liquid 02F2 was added to liquid methane, cooled at 90°K., a white flame was produced instantaneously, which turned green upon further burning. When 0.2 (mL) of liquid 02F2 was added to 0.5 (mL) of liquid CH4 at 90°K., a violent explosion occurred.”
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride
>>8064196
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>>8060472
>>8061219
Can't tell if trolling or samefag.
I've been here on and off since the start and never heard it.
I checked the archives, and there's been one other post that this is a copy of...
>>8062077
Proteins tell other proteins how to fold.
These are misfolded proteins.
It's like pre-virus life, where it's just self replicating proteins.
>>8061232
most potent neurotoxin. if you can smell it, you've received a lethal dose
>>8062059
The prion protein induces it's correctly folded kin to misfold into the infectious misfolded form.
>>8064237
>I checked the archives, and there's been one other post that this is a copy of
delete this
