stackyFACTSMost acids are kept safely in standard glass bottles because glass is highly unreactive. Hydrofluoric acid, however, actively hunts down silicon dioxide molecules and chemically shreds them, dissolving the entire glass container from the inside out. It must be kept in specific plastics just to stop it from eating its way out of confinement.
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