Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)
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HN comment order> 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
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2022-01-03 | Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)First breakout | jmcgough | 258 | 75 |
| 2023-05-24 | Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride | joebiden2 | 42 | 7 |
| 2025-03-31 | Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | PebblesRox | 271 | 119 |