Tjay Austero

chemta:

I’m not going to have a picture of today’s molecule because it really doesn’t need one. Today’s compound just has the formula HF, but just because its just hydrogen and fluorine doesn’t mean its not interesting.

Hydrofluoric acid is probably on of the nastiest chemicals on the planet. Funny thing is, its not actually a very strong acid (due to the fact that F- is not very stable). However, just because its a weak acid doesn’t mean its weak at all. This dangerous little bugger can eat through glass, oxides, your face, and pretty anything else it comes in touch with. The only thing that is safe is PTFE aka Teflon aka fluorinated carbon. Basically HF will attack anything that doesn’t already contain fluorine. So basically unless your face likes to be fluorinated (which I seriously doubt it does, I would stay far far away from HF).

What happens when you do it get it on you? Well first it will go through your skin and attack the nerves so you won’t feel much at all until its too late. Even better, HF will start to precipitate the calcium in your body to form basically solid CaF2 which probably feels absolutely fantastic.

So unless you like initially painless acid burns that will dissolve your bones and pretty much everything else, feel free to drink a bottle of Satan’s pet molecule.