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Foof - the chemical most chemists avoid by Ph0en1x

Ph0en1x
Ph0en1x
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12th Jul 2016
26th Jul 2016
Dioxygen difluoride sounds harmless, right? Just 2 of what you breathe and 2 of what's in your toothpaste. But that's not the case. 'Foof' is the most powerful oxidizer known to man - it even causes ice to burst into flame.
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Comments

  • msasterisk
    msasterisk     15th Jul 2016
    @Weretyu777 Well, if it expands at supersonic speeds, it's *technically* exploding, right?
  • powderskye
    powderskye     14th Jul 2016
    Don't you mean Froorf? (YOUTUBE POOP REFERENCE) :P
  • QuanTech
    QuanTech     14th Jul 2016
    antimatter + matter = energy. The amount of energy released from 1g antimatter and 1g matter is tremendous; as much energy as released from a nuclear fission bomb!
  • Weretyu777
    Weretyu777     14th Jul 2016
    You're right, Doritos. The technical term for the process is matter-antimatter annihalation.
  • Dorito_tRF
    Dorito_tRF     14th Jul 2016
    @technomancer i believe the technical term for that is annihalation, not exploding
  • coryman
    coryman     14th Jul 2016
    I always like offering people a glass of dihydrogen monoxide, especially when I can truthfully say we used it in chemistry class and I kept some with me. (even if it was just a water bottle that was in the room). Funny how less willing they are to accept it
  • Dargino
    Dargino     14th Jul 2016
    @xetric Yes... it's water, and as far as i know, it's Dihydrogen Monoxide (di meaning 2, and mono meaning 1)
  • Ph0en1x
    Ph0en1x     14th Jul 2016
    @Technomancer, while we are on the subject of anti-stuff, there is a substance called sodium-22 which gives of a positive electron, which is completely off topic but it's interesting.
  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     14th Jul 2016
    You might just as well say that, for instance, helium is unstable and dangerous, because it might come into contact with some anti-matter and violently explode.
  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     14th Jul 2016
    @Facennapper, anti-matter is just as stable as normal matter. It's only when you put the two together that the trouble starts. Anti-hydrogen, for instance, would in isolation behave exactly the same as hydrogen. But when it touches the sides of its container, which presumably is made of conventional matter, both will explode.