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Published online 16 November 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041115-5
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World's strongest acid created
Powerful yet gentle compound excels at delicate reactions.
The world's strongest acid, at least a million times more potent than concentrated sulphuric acid, has been made in a lab in California. Perhaps confusingly, it is also one of the least corrosive.
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