IN> The Alkahest Projector

[Randy Finder, SAINT Corporation]

This paragraph is found in a document from the main US manufacturer of
ClF3

http://www.airproducts.com/nr/rdonlyres/8479ed55-2170-4651-a3d4-223b2957
a9f3/0/safetygram39.pdf 

During the liquid rocket propellant era, a major
incident involving ClF3 occurred the first time a
one-ton steel container was loaded with liquid ClF3
for bulk shipment. The container had been cooled
with dry ice to perform the liquid transfer and help
make the product safer to handle, since the ClF3
vapor pressure would only be about 0.007 kg/cm2
(0.1 psia) in the subcooled state. However, the dry
ice bath embrittled the steel container wall, which
split while it was being maneuvered onto a dolly,
instantaneously releasing 907 kg (2,000 lb) of cold
ClF3 liquid onto the building floor. The ClF3 dissolved
the 30 cm (12 inch) thick concrete floor and
another 90 cm (36 inches) of gravel underneath
the spill. The fumes that were generated (chlorine
trifluoride, hydrogen fluoride, chlorine, hydrogen
chloride, etc.) severely corroded everything that
was exposed.3 One eyewitness described the incident
by stating, "The concrete was on fire!"


Hmm. Would Belial like chemicals that set concrete on fire?

Randy