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Glassware Being Attacked
What sorts of compounds will attack borosillicate glassware? I'm aware that hot sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and hydroflouric acid (HF) will attack glass.
I'm also aware that it depends on concentration. Are there any compounds that I should avoid handling due to damage to my glassware?
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Manifest
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I know hot concentrated phosphoric acid attacks glass also.
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I can't think of any other compounds encountered in a home lab setting that would attack glass... of course, many compounds will strongly adhere
to/stain glassware, such as iron oxides, manganese salts, etc. However, these will not cause issues as long as you clean the glass immediately.
[Edited on 14-7-2013 by bob800]
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Soluble flouride salts will damage glassware, ammonium bifluoride for example.
Don't forget other hydroxides not just NaOH. Molten of course is a lot worse than a solution, and by worse I mean total annihilation.
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[Edited on 7-14-2013 by chemcam]
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Mesa
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Potassium hydroxide is more destructive than sodium hydroxide on glassware.
Source: Forum search.
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ElizabethGreene
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I've had several pieces damaged by room temperature concrete. (Goddamn cats.)
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Quote: Originally posted by Mesa  | Potassium hydroxide is more destructive than sodium hydroxide on glassware.
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I thought it was the other way around? NaOH attacks it faster because of some "sodium property"? I may be wrong.
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Nah, KOH is more corrosive because its a stronger base (or so I have been led to believe).
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<strong>Mesa</strong>, <strong>Variscite </strong>, <strong>Oscilllator</strong>: Don't forget that the forum has
a <img src="./images/xpblue/top_search.gif" /> <a href="search.php">Search</a> function.
Here is an example of previous discussion on KOH/NaOH and glass:
<strong><a href="viewthread.php?tid=15633">Potassium hydroxide vs. glass</a></strong>
<strong>ElizabethGreene</strong>, I have (unwillingly) repeated your experiment, and my independent observations would seem to support
your conclusion. Goddamn cats, indeed.
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Manifest
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| Quote: Originally posted by bfesser | <strong>Mesa</strong>, <strong>Variscite </strong>, <strong>Oscilllator</strong>: Don't forget that the forum has
a <img src="./images/xpblue/top_search.gif" /> <a href="search.php">Search</a> function.
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The forum search function is well, crap.
It doesn't find much and when you search google you tend to find what you're looking for.
use "experiment you're looking for here site:sciencemadness.org"
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The combination of room temp concrete and gravity is harsh, claimed one of my flat-bottom boiling flasks last week. 
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hahaha we all know that feeling. Concrete surely attacks glass more agressively than any other compound.
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