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Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

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3
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observed span
2022–2025
peak thread · 119 comments
271 pts
latest 20+ return · 2025-03-31
271 pts

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> fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature. But that's how you get it to react with oxygen to make a product that's worse in pretty much every way. That kind of prose is why I love reading this chap's stuff.

My personal favorite article from Derek Lowe about a chemical that isn't actually all that dangerous... but you still likely don't want it around. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...

Jan 3, 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29775910

pfdietz·42-point thread·

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2022-01-03Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)First breakoutjmcgough25875
2023-05-24Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoridejoebiden2427
2025-03-31Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)Best thread · Latest 20+ point returnPebblesRox271119