Only one substance will do the job: hydrofluoric acid, or HFA. HFA has a bad reputation, and deservedly so, notwithstanding its somewhat overwrought treatment by Hollywood. It’s corrosive to ...

A Taiwan company has opened its first U.S. plant. The $100 million, west Phoenix facility will produce chemicals needed in ...

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) are very poisonous, highly irritating and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid or Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) is fatal if inhaled, if swallowed, or in contact with ...

A class action lawsuit was filed against the Hershey Company accusing it of knowingly selling candy with dangerous chemicals on the wrappers. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 29 in Pennsylvania federal ...

It is a record amount sought against a refinery under a Clean Air Act rule that requires owners to “ensure that regulated and ...

A Taiwanese semiconductor chemical supplier completed the first phase of development for its manufacturing facility in north ...

Note: First Aid must be started within seconds of HF contact in any form! Hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid cause severe, deeply penetrating burns to the skin, eyes and lungs. Although ...

Although chemists consider hydrofluoric acid (HF) to be a “weak” acid, its potential to produce serious health effects greatly exceeds that of “strong” acids commonly used in the laboratory. HF shares ...

Also, HCI can be combined with a mud acid, or hydrofluoric acid (HF), and used to dissolve quartz, sand and clay from the reservoir rocks. In order to protect the integrity of the already ...

The release said, "According to EPA, the company violated these requirements by, among other things, failing to ensure that its refining operations, particularly the hydrofluoric acid unit ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined the Calumet Montana Refinery in Great Falls $385,000 for violations of U.S. Clean Air Act, related to the refinery’s failure to develop ...

He tried to etch the crystals with a machine and couldn't get it to work. So he turned to hydrofluoric acid. On first dropping his germanium into the beaker, the acid began to boil furiously ...