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There's this chemist who writes a blog, and one of his best categories of blog entry is "Things I Won't Work With." In these entries, he describes substances that are so toxic, explosive, or otherwise dangerous that he refuses to ever work with them, and with good (and entertainingly articulated) reason!

One of my favorite entries is "Sand Won't

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[spike]

I love that there's a chemistry blog that makes me laugh this hard!

[bloodstones]

The last line of the quote is my favorite part: For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.

[spike]

I loved " It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers..."

[whynotkay]

Mine too!

[ceo]

That blog (or blog category) is one of my favorite idle-moment reads. Gave me one of my new favorite lines: "...which I wouldn't touch with someone else's ten-foot titanium pole".

[minerva42]

Thank you! People talk about this blog and I always forget to go look it up. This is wonderful.