how to avoid the sulfuric lab experiment

[Over9000]

It's a tiny bit of acid, not like LIFE THREATENING DEATH zOMG!

Just do it, it's good fun

If the sulfuric acid lands in the wrong hands, it will be a matter of life and death.

In your hands it is (remember last year olympiad experiments), I cringe at imagining you with sulfuric acid.

[TrueTears]

I am known for my chem experiment failures, if anyone wants to do a successful chem experiment without any injuries, I suggest you to avoid me.

[Over9000]

A fair warning, I suppose your more the theoretical person, u prefer to pump out mass questions rather than pour some water in some acidy stuff to get some basic stuff or wateva.

[Mao]

A complete analysis of the situation [because I can't get to sleep <.<]

Usually conc sulfuric acid will only be handled in large amounts (such as 50 mL) by teachers in fumehoods. If they need to be handled by students, they usually will be provided in drop bottles. So a few things can go wrong:

1. clumsy person accidentally squeezed drop bottle too hard, and it squirts out
 - no eye damage because everyone will be wearing safety glasses
 - physical burns, hair bleached

2. drop bottle bursts
 - most of the acid will run off the hand, only a small layer will remain on the skin if there is skin contact
 - physical burns

3. the person is dropdead batshit and decides to overpower the teacher, get a whole jar of conc sulfuric acid and go on a rampage
 - this person most probably will have already done so by now, or have found a better weapon, as opposed to getting a jar of conc sulfuric acid

And in the first two cases, there will be supervisors, and they will be able to treat the burn pretty much immediately, it might be irritating for a while, but in the highly unlikely case if it does go wrong, it still wouldn't have much impact.

So don't worry, it'll be fine.

[TrueTears]

A complete analysis of the situation [because I can't get to sleep <.<]

Usually conc sulfuric acid will only be handled in large amounts (such as 50 mL) by teachers in fumehoods. If they need to be handled by students, they usually will be provided in drop bottles. So a few things can go wrong:

1. clumsy person accidentally squeezed drop bottle too hard, and it squirts out
 - no eye damage because everyone will be wearing safety glasses
 - physical burns, hair bleached

2. drop bottle bursts
 - most of the acid will run off the hand, only a small layer will remain on the skin if there is skin contact
 - physical burns

3. the person is dropdead batshit and decides to overpower the teacher, get a whole jar of conc sulfuric acid and go on a rampage
 - this person most probably will have already done so by now, or have found a better weapon, as opposed to getting a jar of conc sulfuric acid

And in the first two cases, there will be supervisors, and they will be able to treat the burn pretty much immediately, it might be irritating for a while, but in the highly unlikely case if it does go wrong, it still wouldn't have much impact.

So don't worry, it'll be fine.

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[Over9000]

That is very conkise Mao. I imagine myself as person 3, but I found an even better weapon, a freya.

[Mao]

More detailed analysis on possible case of jar of conc sulfuric acid rampage:

To cause death by sulfuric acid, there are only a few ways:

1. victim has heart problems, when victim realises what is happening, he/she has heart attack and dies.

2. victim has serious health issues, an acid burn will cause serious complications and subsequently death

In the event that the above two possibilities do not occur (even though they are more likely than the following):

3. victim's brain is burnt by conc sulfuric acid, which subsequently causes brain damage and death. This requires conc sulfuric acid to dissolve hair (assuming not bald), skin, scalp (bones) and various tissues.

4. victim's lungs are burnt out by conc sulfuric acid, which then suffocates the victim. This requires it to dissolve clothes, skin, breasts (optional), muscles, ribs, tissues, lung lining.

5. victim is forced to ingest large amounts of it, hence burning through throat into lungs which then suffocates victim. If that doesn't do it, subsequent extreme poisoning (mainly pH change of blood) will cause death. This requires attacker to tackle the victim with one arm (whilst not spilling the jar of conc sulfuric acid), straddle the victim, hold the victim down with legs/knees whilst opening the victim's mouth with one hand and pouring conc sulfuric acid with another. In the meanwhile, the attacker is vulnerable to attacks from behind.


Okay, that is quite enough from me. This venture off topic was more than what is accepted currently, any more on this I'll have to ban myself.

Moderator Action: Warning, stop off topic discussion

[Over9000]

That can all be prevented by wearing a cloak of invisibility.

[TrueTears]

Mao you seem to know a lot about how to kill people with sulfuric acid, are you a murderer?

Maybe you are kira

EDIT: Mao you provide me with good late night humour, now I can stay up even longer

EDIT 2: Moderator Action: Warning, stop off topic discussion

[monokekie]

LoL

[IntoTheNewWorld]

The MHS guy was back to school the same day...it'll be fine =]

Maybe.

[monokekie]

The MHS guy was back to school the same day...it'll be fine =]

Maybe.

xD

[Mao]

.. where did she go??

[monokekie]

ohh, here i am lol. couldn't figure out how to hide my email addy....(incase my english teacher sees me posting stuff  here =_=; she knows my addy and serfs da net often) ... so yeah tried deleting the account and it works!yay!

everything's gone tho...

[Gloamglozer]

ohh, here i am lol. couldn't figure out how to hide my email addy....(incase my english teacher sees me posting stuff  here =_=; she knows my addy and serfs da net often) ... so yeah tried deleting the account and it works!yay!

everything's gone tho...

You can hide your addy.  If you go to profile options, under Account Related Settings, there should be a check box called, "Hide email address from public?"  Make sure that box is checked.