Chlorine trifluoride? The best part of that quote is the end imo. It’s an amazing oxidizer but it’s also hugely impractical to store or work with.
Comment on what’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment?
remon@ani.social 1 week ago
One of my favourites lines from “Ignition” by John Clark.
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.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
That book is a great read in general
remon@ani.social 1 week ago
It is. Unless you’re from a strictly solid rocket fuel family, then you probably won’t like it.