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Depends why you are tasting it. If you are trying to identify the chemical by tasting it--Don't! However, if you an experinced chemist creating chemical flavoring for candy, etc. then enjoy. If you are having doubts, do NOT taste the chemical, it could be dangerous!
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∙ 9y agoIt depends on the chemical you touch.
I have in my shop five chemicals: gum arabic, potassium hydroxide, sodium chloride, sucrose and hexane. (I have more than that, but those are ones you've heard of.)
If you touch the hexane it will soak in through your skin; you can get dizzy and nauseous.
If you touch the potassium hydroxide long enough it can damage your skin.
Touching the sodium chloride or sucrose will give you sweet or salty hands, and touching the gum arabic will leave sticky stuff on your hands.
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∙ 8y agoIt depends on the chemical, its toxicity and the amount.Everything you can eat is a chemical. Some chemicals are inert if eaten (such as sand) and don't enter into this question. Others such as sugars, proteins, fats, and vitamins are needed for health and energy. Some are obviously toxic like plutonium, arsenic and cyanide. The vast majority are somewhere between these extremes.
Paracelsusa, a Swiss chemist (born Nov. 11 1493) of observed that all things are toxic. It only depends on the dose (how much of the chemical you eat at a time). What this implies is that if you eat too much of anything it will harm you. Some materials such as botulism toxins, have LD50 values reported as about 5 ng/kg (ng stands for nanogram, which is a billionth of a gram).
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∙ 9y agoDepending on what type of chemical it is, it could end up being lethal if you taste it. It is best not to consume chemicals or put them near your eyes, nose or mouth.
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∙ 8y agoDepends on which chemical it is. Ordinary household salt is a chemical, and a dab of that doesn't cause a thing. Others can make you sick, or hurt your mouth and throat.
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How is taste detected?
Taste and smell receptors are activated by chemicals.
How are the chemical senses different from the non-chemical senses?
chemical sense's ( smell & taste) rely on chemicals to produce a sensation.
Why are taste and smell receptors classified as Chemoreceptors because they both respond to?
Chemoreceptors (chemical receptors) respond to chemicals in food and scents.
The senses of smell and taste both detect?
The presence/concentration of chemical compounds (in air and food/water, respectively).
How do the senses of smell and taste function?
75% of taste is contributed by smell. "Think about when you've a cold. You've got this stuffed up nose. I mean, what did things taste like? Not so great," says Karen Kalumuck a biologist at San Francisco's Exploratorium, "That's really because we can't have the odorant molecules meet up with the sensory receptors in the nose and transmit that information to the brain."
How is taste detected?
Taste and smell receptors are activated by chemicals.
What are the chemicals that you can taste?
Cyanide, it has an almond taste to it.
What Results from the action of chemicals on the taste buds?
Chemicals affect the taste sensation communicated to your brain, from sweetness through to sourness.
How do artificial sweeteners provide taste without the calories?
its all chemicals, you should probably stick to honey, its natural and good for you
What do bubbles taste like?
bubbles taste like cherry bubble gum, with a bit of salty chemicals for taste.
Which of the fowllowing is the correct way yo handle chemicals in the laboratory?
never touch or taste chemicals
What makes a thing taste sour?
salt, chemicals
Why should you never tasta a chemical to see if it is an acid?
As a simple rule never taste chemicals unless you are absolutely certain you know what they and that they are harmless.
Is sour taste a physical or chemical reaction?
Sour taste is a result of a chemical property. Certain chemicals - acids in particular - produce a sour taste when they come in contact with the appropriate taste buds. The chemical interaction of those chemicals with the taste buds yeilds a stimulus of those taste buds that the brain interprets as "sour".
What is a taste bud made of?
taste buds are made up of taste cells that sense the chemicals in food and send taste signals to the nerves that carry them to the brain.
Where are sensory receptors that are sensitive to chemicals?
taste buds and nose
When should you use safety goggles in a lab?
When ever something could get in for eye. When working with chemicals or hot materials.
