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Anyone know if it would be possible to neutralize an acid attack in a sprayable fashion with baking soda?/stabilizer?, like the opposite of pepper spray that by
by devwastaken 9y ago
Anyone know if it would be possible to neutralize an acid attack in a sprayable fashion with baking soda?/stabilizer?, like the opposite of pepper spray that bystanders can use since water isn't always accessible?
- XorNot 9y agoThis is extremely likely to cause severe burns from the heat of reaction. Neutralizing strong acids is a violent high temperature reaction (in chemistry labs the biggest danger is you flash boil the solution / generate a bunch of gas and it explodes onto you). Water - a lot of water - is the best answer.
- arkades 9y agoI want to second that this is the correct answer. It's really common in chem labs for some grad student to immediately think "neutralize!" And it's always wrong: neutralizing releases a lot of heat, and just makes things worse. Water, water, and water are always the correct response. This can't be stressed enough. If you think you've washed long enough, good, you're a quarter of the way there.
- gjjrfcbugxbhf 9y agoFurther to the (correct) comment about the heat released by the neutralisation reaction not all attacks are with acid. Some are using strong alkalis e.g. drain cleaners. Water is safest.
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