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hydrofluoric acid

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One of the few acids that dissolves glass. Chip makers use it to clean wafers between steps.

First appeared1771 (255 yrs ago)

One of the few acids that dissolves glass. Chip makers use it to clean wafers between steps.

From the big bang to hydrofluoric acid

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
sulfuric aciddate unknown
hydrofluoric acid1771