You have two options. What do you do, and why? You can
1. Rinse it off with water.
2. Put baking soda on it.
Before opening this spoiler, please answer what you think is the right answer on it. This question has a bit of a backstory, so I'll drop it in a spoiler so there isn't a massive wall of text.[spoiler]Today, in Chemistry, our class had broken off into groups of four to make alum crystals from aluminum foil, nearly pure sodium hydroxide (drain cleaner, very corrosive), and 18-molar hydrogen sulfide (sulfuric acid). Sulfuric acid is very corrosive in its 1-molar form. 18 moles is [u]very dangerous[/u]. 18 times more dangerous than 1-molar. It's the strongest stuff available on the market. Anyways, the lab passed without incident. We managed to mix the aluminum and the drain cleaner without incident. Then, it was the other guy in our group(let's call him X)'s turn to mix the 18-molar sulfuric acid with equal parts water. Now, I must mention, mixing acid with water produces an extraordinary amount of heat (and an even stronger acid), so we had to mix the stuff in slowly. Anyways, X is tasked with pouring the stuff in with in very small increments. At this point, I'm going to give you an example of how strong this stuff is. We got a single drop on the outside of the GC we were pouring from, and I was tasked with cleaning that drop up. I grabbed 5 paper towels, and this drop burned through all 5 layers. Anyways, we're about halfway through pouring the H2SO4, when we hit an incident. Now, a little bit about X. He's a smart guy. Fun to be around. But does not pay attention. Didn't pay attention to the 30 minute safety lecture, as we will see in a second. As he's pouring in the H2SO4, his hand shakes, and a little bit splashes on his arm, the only part of his arm unprotected by the gloves, apron, and his long-sleeved shirt. Immediately, this guy, yelling in pain from the ultra-powerdul acid on his arm, makes a dash for the sink, instead of the beaker of baking soda labeled "FOR ACCIDENTS" like he should have. He turned the water on, and immediately the screaming got louder. I'm still not sure whether to laugh or to fell bad for the bad burn mark left by the stuff.[/spoiler]
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Put a basic solution on it then rinse with water.
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Drop the base. wub wub wub wub
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Edited by Castration Cabin: 2/21/2016 6:45:37 PMFlower
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Pour more acid on it to build up an immunity to acid. I'll be skinny dipping in toxic waste in no time.
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I deface one side of the two headed coin I carry around
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The main reason I know the answer to this is because of Fight Club.
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Increase its effects with gamma radiation and become the hulk
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Im clumsy, so i get acids and other substances on my hands a lot in chemistry. I usually just wipe it on my trousers.
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Lick it off
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Baking soda!
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You fail to understand how concentration functions when measured using Mols. Corrosive properties increase exponentially as Molarity increases.
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Bleach is the only reasonable answer
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Out of curiosity, what level of education are you in? I'm a 4th year Chem major and they usually think we're too retarded to handle anything remotely dangerous.
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Poor a stronger acid on my skin to kill the weaker acid, problem solved
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Baking soda, since it's more basic than acidic, it can neutralize the acid! Thanks grade 10 science.
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Rinse it with water. Always works with coca-cola. lol
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Lick it
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Instinct would advise me to rinse with water.
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Trip. Or clean it off and get better acid lol
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Secret option 3: wildly flail your arms around while screaming and running around, knocking more dangerous stuff over before your skin melts off and you die
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Use you're eye to clean it off
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That dude had the worst school day ever
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Lick it off
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Rub some dirt on it
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I got citric acid in my cut before
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Ah physics, where instead of playing with acid we launch hot wheels of ramps and calculate where they'll land. Oh, and loose our minds when we learn the earth falls towards you when you're falling towards it.