And the early 1950s, the first time that US scientists tried to ship chlorine trifluoride in bulk, the steel tank cracked and a full ton of it spilled out.

20世纪50年代初，美国科学家首次尝试大量运输化氯，结果钢罐爆裂，吨氯化溢去。

Chlorine trifluoride is still manufactured and is used by semi-conductor companies to clean their equipment to within an inch of its life.

如化氯还在生产并被半导体公司用来清洁设备，以极其小心的方式。

What they'd concocted was chlorine trifluoride, the most vigorous fluorinating agent known to humanity.

他们制造的这种物质是化氯，人类所知的最剧烈的化剂。