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by zzazzdsa 3099 days ago
Yep, Whink brand rust remover is 4% HF. It's a somewhat useful source of hydrofluoric acid in a pinch. I recall a procedure for making uranium tetrafluoride from uranium trioxide (which in turn was extracted from uranium ore) using that brand of rust remover as the acidic fluoride source.