The World's Most Dangerous Substances

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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There are a great many chemicals that are dangerous to work with. Things that you wouldn’t want to get on your skin or somehow ingest. However, there is a category beyond that of substances that are so dangerous that many chemists wouldn’t want to work with them under any circumstances. Things are so dangerous that even the smallest error could result in a disaster in the laboratory. Learn more about the most dangerous substances in the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are a great many chemicals that are dangerous to work with things that you wouldn't want to get on your skin or somehow ingest
0:06.4	However, there is a category beyond that of substances that are so dangerous that many chemists wouldn't want to work with them under any circumstances.
0:15.7	Things that are so dangerous that even the smallest error could result in a disaster in the
0:20.0	laboratory.
0:21.0	Learn more about the most dangerous substances in the world on this episode of Everything
0:25.8	Everywhere Daily. The list of dangerous substances is a long one. It includes everything from the most
0:47.2	toxic nerve gases to things you might encounter in a walk in the woods. It would be impossible
0:52.1	to have a comprehensive list of such substances, so in this
0:55.2	episode I want to focus on the worst of the worst. Not just things that are deadly, but things
1:00.7	that are notorious to work with. And I'll start with the substance which has the distinction
1:05.0	of being the strongest acid known to science.
1:08.0	Floroantemonic acid.
1:11.0	Floroantemonic acid is considered a super acid. Fluoranthemonic acid is considered a super acid, meaning it's stronger than 100%
1:16.8	sulfuric acid.
1:18.3	However, calling it a super acid is a bit of an understatement.
1:22.4	Fluoranthemonic acid has a chemical symbol of H-S-B-F-6,
1:27.0	meaning it consists of one hydrogen atom, one antimony atom, and six fluorine atoms.
1:32.0	It's created by a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and
1:35.4	antimony pentafluoride. It's so acidic that it doesn't even make sense to
1:40.8	measure it on the pH scale, which measures acids in an
1:43.6	aquaous solution. The hamet acidity function gives a fluoranthemonic acid a
1:49.0	value of negative 21, whereas sulfuric acid is negative 12.
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