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4dog

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1. So what is the HF used for in refining, and where does it end up?

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2024, 10:59 PM

Jan 2024

Reminded me that in HS chemistry I got to perform an "experiment," in which, following instructions, I mixed some F salt with H2SO4 in a dish, which was covered with a small glass plate that had been coated with paraffin wax, with a design scribed in it. No hood in the classroom, so I put the assembly outside the casement window and left it overnight. The glass plate was etched, as expected. I don't recall, but the residues probably went down the sink.

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So what is the HF used for in refining, and where does it end up? 4dog Jan 2024 #1

A quick search says that HF can be used in an alkylating unit 4dog Jan 2024 #3

That was, I think, a potentially very dangerous experiment. Hopefully the "salt" was calcium fluoride. NNadir Jan 2024 #4

One could add a list of dangers escaped, through grad school, 4dog Jan 2024 #5

I used to work in a chevron and a shell oil refinery TalenaGor Jan 2024 #2