Richard "RichiH" Hartmann<p>Did you know that you can ionize molecular oxygen into O_2+? Not a typo, 0_2+ is the correct spelling.</p><p>You might have heard of ClF_3, famously <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hypergolic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypergolic</span></a> (catches fire/goes boom without ignition source) with everything from test engineers to asbestos.</p><p>You might also have heard of FOOF, really F_2O_2, but FOOF is the sound your test equipment makes when in contact with it.</p><p>But there's PtF_6 ?!??!! which oxidizes O_2 and even xenon.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> video of the month: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-g5-LJ5KZM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=O-g5-LJ5KZ</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>