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I'd be surprised if a rabbit has enough skin surface area to be in contact with more than about 1Kg of salt. How could the skin contact test continue past the p
by jodrellblank 4y ago
I'd be surprised if a rabbit has enough skin surface area to be in contact with more than about 1Kg of salt. How could the skin contact test continue past the point where extra salt wasn't in skin contact?
- Gordonjcp 4y agoPut the rabbit and the salt in a sealed container and pump the air out to expand the rabbit?
- thaumasiotes 4y agoIf you assume that solid salt can't flow, then it can't. But for e.g. a contact poison absorbed through the skin, sticking your finger into a large pool of the stuff might get you a bigger dose than sticking your finger into a tiny puddle, even with little to no difference in surface area of skin making contact. Going back to salt, it is known and used for its ability to draw water out of other materials. If you stay in contact with a large quantity of salt, it will kill you through dehydration, because even though it can't flow, the water that you contain can. Your skin should have a good amount of resistance to this; the inside of your nostrils, or an open wound, not so much. I'm speculating here; if you really want a definitive answer, you'll need to find someone who creates data for MSDS sheets.