Things I won't work with blog

Carawaystick

This lad, Derek Lowe, writes a chemistry blog and every now and then he puts up an article "Things I won't work with"


Two fine examples are FOOF

and ClF3

Seem to be similar to Alien Blood from the Sigourney Weaver films.:eek:

bonzodog2

A comment on there or another linked to mentioned a book about rocket fuel. The chemistry is mostly above me, but its an entertaining read
http://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf

Carawaystick

bonzodog2 wrote: »

A comment on there or another linked to mentioned a book about rocket fuel. The chemistry is mostly above me, but its an entertaining read
http://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf

Ah yeah, that's good stuff, dry and witty, and doesn't hold back commenting on idiots...

He Mentions someone else should write about solid rocket fuel, but that boils down to this:
remember those rubbers with the blue ink rubber at one end and a white pencil rubber at the other.
you mix that white rubber with finely ground up aluminium
fill the rocket

that's it.
(well pretty much)

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4l56AfUTnQ

chloride trifluoride

We have Plexiglas, a rubber glove, clean leather, not-so-clean leather, a gas mask, a piece of wood, and a wet glove. Some of this, under ordinary circumstances, might be considered protective equipment.





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