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

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267 points PebblesRox | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 10:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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IlikeKitties ◴[31 Mar 25 14:38 UTC] No.43535583[source]▶
Not a Chemist but reminded me about this article: https://gizmodo.com/chlorine-trifluoride-the-chemical-that-s...

> Just to get the ball rolling, here’s a few of the more unusual things chlorine trifluoride is known to set fire to on contact: glass, sand, asbestos, rust, concrete, people, pyrex, cloth, and the dreams of children…

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1. LorenPechtel ◴[31 Mar 25 21:25 UTC] No.43540158[source]▶
Makes me wonder if it could burn a fire elemental. :)

They seem to model any chemical damage as "acid" and fire elementals aren't immune to acid so I would be inclined to say it would.