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The acid that destroys ordinary containers

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When standard highly corrosive liquids are just not angry enough, this superacid steps in. It is so extraordinarily aggressive that it will immediately dissolve standard storage vessels, requiring specialized synthetic linings just to exist safely.

The acid that destroys ordinary containers
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