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al93535
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People actually use HCl to wash their hands, it's an excellent cleaner.
Twospoons is exactly right, the ignorant, uninformed and stupid people will get hurt weather it's boiling water, or boiling acid. like he said stupid
people do stupid things. Couldnt of said it better myself.
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MattVon
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I do think that was pretty moronic for a couple of reasons.
Why would the mother store the chemicals on a high-top cabinet? Why would she want to hold a child with her? And she didn't leave the cap on tight
from the previous use, probably.
Sulfuric acid as a drain cleaner doesn't (usually) come in a container that would be eaten away by the acid. Products that do tend not to sell very
well 
I never saw any restraint on sulfuric acid sells. I do some simple science at home when I'm not in the lab for entertainment, and when I purchase
sulfuric acid (drain cleaner or otherwise), the mailman just asks for my signature, and he doesn't require me to show a license or anything. Maybe NY
was an expection?
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mineralman
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You lot have "Tyler Durton" complexes, pouring acid over yourself only to neutralise it after.
lot's of acids are inhibited these days, but I can see a rapid change in general chemical purchases, but when you take up multiple hobby's or
specialise in something, things are out there to buy that you wouldn't believe. Thank the gods of alchemy that you need a working brain to know just
what there used for & how to go about getting them.
I HATE THE FACT THAT MAKING YOUR OWN CHEMICALS, IS SEEN AS WORSE THEN LEGALY BUYING THEM, at least you know your names put on a list when you buy
certain chems from online auction sites and R&D stores, so it's not like your trying to hide anything.
Ive said to the police and CID, "why don't you just turn up and do an on the spot inspection instead of just raiding me" . it would save a shed load
of tax payers money & they could use it to catch someone who's actually making drugs`n`bombs. fingers crossed MM
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Rogeryermaw
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pointing fingers and calling names huh? let's not get started about who is touched by what mental condition...some people learn more easily when a
visual aid is used. if it helps grow an interest in science in the youth in my family, a small, easily mitigated risk with means to "safe" the
situation is well worth it in my book.
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Antimatter
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Matt was correct about the container the drain cleaner comes in. I store 98% sulfuric acid in plain, simple HDPE
containers and they hadn't even flinched in storage for almost four months.
Sulfuric acid drain cleaner usually comes in a lower concentration, so it would be just about impossible for the bottle to have been eaten by its own
container.
So I presume the mother was just a little too hasty and ended up in that disaster. I can still buy sulfuric acid from scientific supplies with nothing
more than a signature, though.
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neptunium
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its always more dramatic in the movies than in real life! (anyone suprised?) i had hot concenmtrated sulfuric and nitric acid splashed on my right
fore arm and face by accident . i was wearing safety glasses and a face shield but my lab coat was in the washer. needless to say the Tshirt is
trashed and only my arm had a few spots stained by the nitric acid (you know the yellowish marks..) for about a week.
It was more barks than bite and didnt really hurt honestly.
the key is to run it under water immediatly for a few minutes and i do mean minutes!
[Edited on 3-8-2012 by neptunium]
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vmelkon
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Glad to hear Dr Fox's proposal was dropped.
Personally, it doesn't make a difference for me. All drain cleaners sold in Montreal are NaOH + sodium metasilicate in water.
The only exception is Drano (the crystal) which has NaOH perls + aluminum shards and little NaNO3 and NaCl.
The only place that I saw H2SO4 was in a out of town ACE hardware.
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vmelkon
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I'm not seeing any edit button, so I have no choice but to make another post.
Amazing but I found sulfuric acid at a local large store. After searching for almost a year, finally! They tend to sell to businesses. The density is
1.815 g/mL so I think it is 95%. Unfortunately, it is colored green. I can't locate the website of the company and there is no web URL on the sulfuric
acid jugs.
[Edited on 30-8-2012 by vmelkon]
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