Ridiculously dangerous chemical compound/pathogen/anything thread.
"It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. 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. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals — steel, copper, aluminum, etc. — because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes."
Just leave. This is the last board where you should think that's an acceptable thing to do.
Liam Robinson
It was John Drury Clark you autist, are you new here?
Hunter Robinson
H2O for sure >can cause excessive sweating and vomiting >is a major component in acid rain >can cause severe burns in its gaseous state >accidental inhalation can kill you >contributes to erosion >decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes >has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
Brody Watson
>are you new here? Not him, but you're still a douche for: a) making me read the text in your OP pic b) assuming everyone here knows who this relatively obscure chemist/sci-fi author is
Kayden Phillips
I'm not even OP, and you're new
Nicholas Barnes
I'm neither OP nor and you're new. Who the fuck doesn't recognize that quote, it is so common that it is even on the wikipedia page
That quote is an established Veeky Forums meme you fucking newfag
Samuel Butler
NaCN
:v)
Blake Allen
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Henry Scott
Prions, which are misfolded proteins and, as pathogens, can cause Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, among other things, (in which neural tissue deteriorates and dies) which are 100% invariably fatal to both animals and humans. Basically, if someone were to feed a group of people meat contaminated with prions, they would all end up dead, without exception.
Anthony Clark
Incidentally, how do prions propagate once they've infected someone? (Do they?)
Ryan Rogers
usually they are transferred by eating infected flesh a good example is when cannibals etc other peoples brains.
Aaron Russell
But how do they replicate?
Jonathan Nguyen
Not everything about them is understood, research is ongoing.
One of the theories, put simply, states that when prions interact with normal functioning proteins with the same amino acid sequence but normal conformation (a-helix) instead of the misfolded cofnormation the prions have, they cause them to misfold as well, disrupting whatever function the normal proteins were serving in the first place.
Jace Moore
mercaptanes in general smell so bad you'll kill yourself
Lincoln Wilson
Kek
Samuel Gomez
I wonder how long it will be until there are computer programs that will enter this category. It's bound to happen, given the increasing sophistication of malware and dependence on software for ordinarily life.
Christian Hughes
>she was a womyn in science member Glad she's dead
Landon Barnes
Whenever the topic drifts towards this compound I am always looking for that good pair of running shoes.
Since you are clearly new here I'd like to say welcome.
Brody Wood
Also by blood.
I lived in the UK during the BSE scandal and I am therefore not permitted to become a blood donor.
Brody Anderson
FOOF > “Being a high energy oxidizer, dioxygen difluoride reacted vigorously with organic compounds, even at temperatures close to its melting point. It reacted instantaneously with solid ethyl alcohol, producing a blue flame and an explosion. When a drop of liquid 02F2 was added to liquid methane, cooled at 90°K., a white flame was produced instantaneously, which turned green upon further burning. When 0.2 (mL) of liquid 02F2 was added to 0.5 (mL) of liquid CH4 at 90°K., a violent explosion occurred.”
Can't tell if trolling or samefag. I've been here on and off since the start and never heard it. I checked the archives, and there's been one other post that this is a copy of...
Connor Perez
Proteins tell other proteins how to fold. These are misfolded proteins.
It's like pre-virus life, where it's just self replicating proteins.
Jonathan Butler
most potent neurotoxin. if you can smell it, you've received a lethal dose
Carter Moore
The prion protein induces it's correctly folded kin to misfold into the infectious misfolded form.
Evan Rodriguez
>I checked the archives, and there's been one other post that this is a copy of delete this
