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by julian_t 2971 days ago
We mixed it fresh every day, and to contain it we used crucibles made from a platinum/gold alloy. Which, needless to say, were locked away very carefully at the end of the day.

And I was using it to dissolve up rock specimens for analysis: basaltic lavas that contained chromite and other notably insoluble minerals.

That stuff would dissolve anything...