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Since there was no mention in TFA: please remember to add the hydroxide to water rather than the other way around (i.e. water into hydroxide)---the hydroxide di
by andreareina 6y ago
Since there was no mention in TFA: please remember to add the hydroxide to water rather than the other way around (i.e. water into hydroxide)---the hydroxide dissolving into water releases heat and you don't want a highly caustic liquid to suddenly boil on you.
- IAmGraydon 6y agoThe thought of an inexperienced person boiling a solution of Sodium Hydroxide in something as crude as a soup pot on their stovetop gives me the shudders. I can’t express enough how stupid this is. Don’t do this.
- nsomaru 6y agoWe learnt this rhyme in school: “Here lies _______, meek and placid, because he added water to an acid.” I went to an all boys school.
- nabilhat 6y agoAlso, the two pointy frilly leaves are stinging nettle. Still absolutely nothing compared to fishing around with your hands wearing only cheap nitrile gloves in a liquid you just measured at 14 pH, then boiling it indoors for two hours. So many PSA's for such a short post.