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Are there any gases that can do damage to electronics?

By electronics i mean like CDs, DVDs, DVD players, PS3 and just any electronics basically. I guess the purpose of this question is that i am bored but also curious if it can happen just in case something weird happens i guess. I am sure gases at like a chemistry lab could effect it but not just stuff around the house. Well if it kills u then i guess it could destroy anything! To Loadnabox: Well if it kills u then i guess it could destroy anything!

Public Comments

1. I've read in the news that the peole who have chinese drywall are having electronics fail due to the hydrogen sulfide that is coming from the drywall.
2. Chlorine would do a number and the stuff in the jugs when mixed with other household chemicals can release Chlorine gas. Chlorine is a nasty oxidizer, eats through pure metal. it also kills you fast and destroys your skin, so I don't recommend trying it.
3. Any solvent capable of dissolving clear plastics would be capable of damaging discs. A typical garage solvent - acetone - can do this and evaporates into gas very easily. Such gas, in sufficient concentrations, damage your discs quite nicely. BUT!!! It would also be *very* toxic in those amounts. You would suffer irreparable damage before your discs. Normal pool acid - hydrochloric acid - will eat away at the metals in your electronics. I stored some in my workshop in a sealed jar. Over a year later I noticed some expensive circle punches of tool steel had rusted completely. They had been stored next to the acid, so slowly leaking fumes had eaten the steel. It would do the same to any metals in your players... if you wanted to store a jar of pool acid inside your entertainment system (one word: why?). Pool acid will cause burns to your skin on contact, and will cause burns to your lungs if you breathe the fumes, so this too is a "Please Don't Try This at Home" scenario. Neither acetone or hydrochloric acid will be found in chemistry sets, BTW. Both are too dangerous for that.
4. No routine gases around the house could do it. It would take fumes like from something burning or exposure to acid fumes (like car battery fluid).