On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 16:03, Ryan O'Connor <rocifier@gmail.com> wrote:

> ..... I use hydrochloric acid for everything, a bath of it eats
> thick rust off tools in a few minutes - don't get it on your skin or
> breathe it...


.... or pour it all over your face and in your eyes.

Ask me how I know :-).

Long ago, not my fault, ... .

Blindingish pain. Strongest 'lemon juice like' taste I ever did taste.
VERY fast blind stumble for nearest tap.
Long copious water wash out.
Mo apparent permanent damage.
If it had been sulphuric :-) ...

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Metals.

HCL + most metals* =3D metal chloride + Hydrogen.
Good for nice controlled balloon inflation with sheet or granulated Zinc.
Zinc powder "not recommended". (Faaaaaaaaaaaast). Ask me how .... :-)


        Russell

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* Probably not with metallic Hydrogen  - but addition of aqueous liquid HCL
to metallic Hydrogen would no doubt be 'interesting'.




         Russell



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