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Poll: best acid/mixtures to readily dissolve organics?
HCL -- 0 (0%)
H2SO4 --- 1 (7.14%)
HNO3 -- 0 (0%)
HCL+H2O2 --- 2 (14.29%)
HN03+HCL --- 2 (14.29%)
Fluorosulfuric acid (HSO3 --- 3 (21.43%)
Chromic (H2CrO4) --- 4 (28.57%)
Perchloric (HCLO4) --- 1 (7.14%)
Concentrated Phosphoric Acid -- 0 (0%)
Concentrated Acetic --- 1 (7.14%)

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[*] posted on 12-2-2015 at 10:33


chicken drumsticks in acids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oipksRhISfM
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[*] posted on 13-2-2015 at 07:47


This lovely fellow tried sulfuric acid and found that it failed to digest gallstones, which are largely organics (cholesterol+bilirubin) and calcium salts.

Kidney stones, being calcium oxalate, might also be resistant even to acid-oxidizer mixes.

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[*] posted on 13-2-2015 at 10:30


CaOH with some Na2CO3 seems to have taken care of the gummy pulp and stuff from my wisdom teeth.
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[*] posted on 13-2-2015 at 19:36


Bases are definitely best for removing the flesh from bone but actually dissolving the flesh requires an aggressive oxidant to destroy that pesky DNA.
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