Brits should start carrying around a zip lock baggie of baking soda. It would neutralize the acid.
In high school chemistry class I held a test tube of hydrochloric acid over the burner too long and it erupted and splashed on my face. The teacher immediately coated my face with baking soda, and I had no burns and no after effects.
who gave you hydrochloric acid (presumably concentrated enough to do serious harm), and for god’s sake, why were you heating it with a Bunsen burner?
Hah! I can top that!
After school, a fellow "A" student and I were helping our Chemistry teacher take stock of the chemicals in the store room, clean equipment, etc. (just as a courtesy).
At one point, I was cleaning an Erlenmeyer flask containing burnt and charred residues sticking to the bottom (inside) - in the prescribed manner: With aqua regia (a highly corrosive mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids which will dissolve even gold).
I had stoppered the flask, and was gently swirling the acid, when suddenly the mixture grew very hot very quickly and the stopper blew off with a loud "bang!".
Fortunately, I had realized that something was about to happen, and was already running to the vapor hood / sink, with the bottle pointed away from anyone.
The mixture proceeded to foam, but by then I had gotten it into the containment area.
I was, of course, wearing a lab coat, rugged shoes, and protective goggles.
Still, I'll never forget it.
Regards,
I have two boxes in a plastic bag in my truck.
Thinking about putting together a very small backpack for my GoPro H5, my 10 inch tablet and "a few other things."
I will have two more boxes in that as well.
Probably will not have much trouble here in Dallas with the muzz.
Well, there was that thing in Garland three years ago...
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