The Chemical That Sets Ice on Fire — The History of Dioxygen Difluoride (FOOF)
8.2K views · Sep 11, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@SubrataDas-sb2bw · 2 weeks ago
Very dangerous chemical indeed
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@davidgrisez · 2 weeks ago
It sounds like some of the Chemists doing research into Dioxygen Difluoride must have been borderline crazy to continue such dangerous experiments in the quest for knowledge about FOOF. These people must have understood that one day one of these experiments could kill them.
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@CSGATI · 10 days ago
Wild stuff.
@wizlish · 2 weeks ago
Almost half an hour and no mention of John Clark or 'Ignition!'?
@drflash36 · 2 weeks ago
Check out both ethyl and sodium monofluoroacetate, Both which ARE deadly Krebs cycle poisons!
@Biospark88 · 4 days ago
Derek Lowe is a national treasure. <br>"If the paper weren't laid out in complete grammatical sentences and published in JACS, you'd swear it was the work of a violent lunatic. I ran out of vulgar expletives after the second page. A. G. Streng, folks, absolutely takes the corrosive exploding cake, and I have to tip my asbestos-lined titanium hat to him."
@BigElCat · 2 weeks ago
Whoever smelter dealt her. Just sayin'.
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