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   dpnash (dpnash@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 19:52:45 JST dpnash

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   • Andrew Zonenberg

   @azonenberg My original career was chemistry. I had a few unwritten rules for what I was willing to work with, one of which was “don’t work with anything that’s a strong enough oxidizer to oxidize oxygen”. It’s never pleasant to be around something that looks at materials like water (burnt hydrogen) and sand (burnt silicon) and thinks “Nice. That’s an excellent fuel.”

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     dpnash (dpnash@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 19:52:45 JST dpnash

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     • Andrew Zonenberg

     @azonenberg (oxygen enters the chat)

     O2 molecules: all your electrons are belong to us

     Chemists: And this is why we decided to use "oxidation" to mean any reaction where the "oxidizer" swipes electrons from things.

     (fluorine enters the chat)

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     Andrew Zonenberg (azonenberg@ioc.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 19:52:46 JST Andrew Zonenberg

     If the fact that xenon difluoride exists doesn't scare you, it probably should.

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