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Originally Posted by rrussell1962
Very Very nasty stuff.
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Yes, it is exceptionally nasty stuff, and would not be legally available to a general member of the public. It is very dangerous for direct skin contact, and the fumes can do lasting damage to all sorts of body tissues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrof...lth_and_safety
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Originally Posted by rrussell1962
Hydrofluoric acid reacts with glass and was stored in plastic containers.
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My university chemistry lecturer told the (apocryphal) story that Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742 - 1786) spent half his lifetime working out how to manufacture useful quantities of hydrofluoric acid - and then spent the rest of his life trying to find a container to put it in!