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How bad are acid burns?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It depends largely on the acid you spilled on yourself. Mild acids like citric acid would just irritate your skin a little, at the worst. On the other side of the spectrum, a carbonic superacid would eat a hole right through your hand.

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