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[ProfessorGAC]

6. Agreed!

I investigated an incident of damage to coalescing filters (and instrumentation) in an environmental control system.
The raw material, (using HF as an alkylation catalyst) was not cleaned of organofluorides.
So, in the process under review, the extremely high electronegativity & extreme temperatures liberated HF into the diluent air.
The damage to the system was immense. After only 2 days of production.
The spun glass in the coalescing filters turned to mush.
Fortunately, after only 2 days and a lot of HF consumed by the damaged process, our numbers said worker exposure was very, very low, if any. Fortunately.
Nothing to be careless with.
BTW: the claim against the supplier was for $4 million, in around 1990. Expensive mistake by the supplier.