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What is the most dangerous chemical that you know about


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Just a the title said what is the most dangerous Chemical you know of?

i couple I know would be chlorine trifloride

azidoazide azide "Take azidoazide azide, for example, which is extremely reactive and explosive. Simply exposing it to bright light, touching it, or “absolutely nothing†can make it blow your head off. A team of scientists had it stored in a shock-proof explosive case, and it still exploded."

do do you know any other dangerous chemicals?

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In terms of number of people killed, dihydrogen monoxide is probably top!
Well, drinking that stuff in it's purest possible form can actually kill you easily.

DHMO is nasty stuff. Inhaling it is most often lethal. It can cause serious burns and it messes with electrical systems.

All rivers and lakes contain high concentrations and nearly all food items are contaminated with it. Worst of it all governments worldwide are refusing to ban it despite the dangers. Instead they are stockpiling it in purified form.

Hydrogen fluoride, HF and hydrogen peroxide, H2O2 also score pretty darn high. They're relatively easy to come by and can do some serious nasty damage.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury

That thing's a death sentence - even if you spill only a few drops on your latex glove. (The thing can pass through latex and various plastics then through your skin - and you end up with a nasty case of mercury poisoning afterwards)

Also, Most variants of botulic toxins can be deadly at only a few nanograms because of the paralysis it induces.

Though you can still be saved if you are put under life support (artificial respiration etc) for the time it takes for your body to eliminate the toxin)

Else, There's a website explaining DHMO dangers :) no need to list all of them :)

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

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DMSO+cyanide solution, used to very quickly stop respiration in certain biology experiments, as DMSO helps cyanide ions to cross various biological membranes very quickly without damaging them. Problem is, that includes human skin...

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Anti-Hydrogen, aside of that Chlorine Trifluoride.

"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."

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Anti-Hydrogen, aside of that Chlorine Trifluoride.

"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."

I really like that part of the quote. Hypergolic with test engineers. I wonder what the test engineers feel about that.

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Hmmm cyanide is pretty nasty. CN takes the spot of the O2 in the hemoglobin and in respiration process. A few centigrams aaaand you're out forever. Probably not the nastiest, but good luck surviving it.

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Nickel Carbonyl Ni(CO)4

Basically the most toxic inorganic compound there is. Its LC50 in humans is only 30 parts per million in the atmosphere, causing death within 30 minutes.

Its also a highly volatile liquid, so be incredibly careful around it.

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Deadly Radioisotopes :

Plutonium 239 (2.3E+9 Bq/g - 24ky) - Alpha and Gamma Rays, Neutron

Curium 245 (6.3E+9 Bq/g - 8.6ky)- Alpha and Gamma Rays, Neutron

Cesium 137 (3.2E+12 Bq/g - 30y)- Beta and Gamma Rays

Iodine 131 (4.6E+15 Bq/g - 8.2d)- Beta and Gamma Rays

Strontium 90 (5.1E+12 Bq/g - 29y)- Beta and Gamma Rays

And many others...

ALL of them are artificially produced and found in nuclear wastes.

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