Chlorine trifluoride: so reactive it will set fire or explode on contact with just about anything

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This stuff is so explosive with almost anything that it can barely be contained. Heck, it even starts a fire on contact with the likes of asbestos and glass! Two famously unreactive elements, titanium and tungsten, will also immediately catch fire.

You don't wanna be anywhere near this stuff, believe me.

Here's a couple of what-ifs not covered in the video: what happens on contact with its antimatter counterpart, or just antimatter anything else for that matter? We know that any matter put in contact with any antimatter, regardless of substance, will set off a 100% efficient nuclear explosion*, so does this stuff make that colossal bang even bigger? Let us know in the comments.

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*The biggest nuclear bomb you can think of is just a little firecracker by comparison.
 
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