stackyFACTSBecause fluorine is violently eager to react with almost everything, attempting to isolate it was a historical death trap. Multiple renowned chemists were severely maimed, blinded, or outright killed by toxic gas explosions before someone finally figured out how to safely contain the most aggressively reactive element known.
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