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July 19, 2012
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Posted by Derek
I'm pressed for time this morning, so I wanted to put up a quick link to Adam Feuerstein's thoughts on media embargoes of scientific results (and how they're becoming increasingly useless).
And I also wanted to note this odd bit of news: I'll bet you thought that fluorine, elemental gaseous fluorine, wasn't found in nature. Too reactive, right? But we're all wrong: it's found in tiny cavities in an unusually stinky mineral. And part (or all) of that smell is fluorine itself, which I'll bet that very few people have smelled in the lab. I hope not, anyway.
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1. AndrewD on July 19, 2012 9:16 AM writes...
A former colleague of mine was a Fluorine chemist and he claimed that the smell of Fluorine was in fact your nasal hairs burning.
Permalink to Comment2. DingusDay on July 19, 2012 12:18 PM writes...
Who ever called fluorine gas Chemistry's hellcat?? What does that even mean?? I mean sure... fluorine gas is super nasty, but a hellcat?? Hmmm.
Permalink to Comment3. DingusDay on July 19, 2012 12:19 PM writes...
Who ever called fluorine gas Chemistry's hellcat?? What does that even mean?? I mean sure... fluorine gas is super nasty, but a hellcat?? Hmmm.
Permalink to Comment4. Validated Target on July 19, 2012 12:24 PM writes...
In re: Fluorine and Moissan. Many people assume it was F2, HF or other toxic F-compounds that killed Moissan, but according to Max Gergel's "Excuse Me Sir ...", describing an early example of outsourcing, i.e., his synthesis of methyl isocyanide for Dr Bigelow:
Permalink to Comment5. Flatland on July 19, 2012 1:52 PM writes...
Fairly sure that this is the first ever example of someone using the words 'fluorine' (F2) and 'perfume' in the same sentence.
Permalink to Comment6. Sili on July 19, 2012 2:17 PM writes...
Wasn't that the synthesis that made Gergel hear angels because of methyl iodide poisoning, or am I conflating two of his stories?
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