So, I’ve been slowly venturing back into amateur chemistry in my free time. Was emptying the last bit of 96% sulphuric acid out of a litre bottle
into a 100mL reagent bottle, and managed to spill some. A few mL of it managed to miss the bottle, hit the table, and splash onto me - burned right
through a semi-decent cotton top and shorts, and onto my belly! This is the result 3 days later, it re-emerged after initially disappearing after what
looked like mouth canker sores all over my torso.
Remember, even if your hands are unscathed after half a minute or so of enduring mineral acids, the rest of you probably won’t! This was literally
an immediate response, less than 10 seconds before I applied copious amounts of wet paper towel.
Be careful with your hazardous chemicals, they’re labelled that way for a very good reason. Luckily I only got away with a half an hour or so of
stinging, doing something seemingly so benign.
[Edited on 7-1-2020 by LearnedAmateur] |
