What if you breath muriatic acid in?

Answer 1

The fumes that are inhaled from muriatic acid can be dangerous as they turn the moisture in your windpipe and lungs into acid solution. Luckily under normal circumstances you can never inhale a lot before your body automatically stops you from breathing. However there are things you can do to avoid being overly exposed to this danger. The fact is that muriatic acid is virtually the same stuff as that which ate the holes in soldiers lungs and skin during WW1 so treat it with respect. or wear a gas mask. Besides using it in Swimming Pools to control Ph it also makes a good flux when soldering galvanised metal Something that I used to do often on building sites. Many is the time that I had to run out of a cloud of these fumes to be able to breath again. It didn't kill me but I doubt that it did me any good. Take care and look at the points below.

1. avoid opening the acid container in cool crisp early morning conditions it seems that the fumes are always a bigger problem then.
2. before opening the acid container judge the direction of the wind and stand side on to it. if you stand with your back to the wind with yourself between the wind and the acid, fumes end up being sucked up to your face.
3. If there is a little space in the acid container top it up with water to dilute the acid a little this will reduce the the amount of fumes considerably.
4. But remember the rule of never adding water to acid. So the suggestion to top off the acid by diluting it with water doesn't sound like good advice. Only add acid to water.
5. when exposing concentrated acid to the air it is best to do it when the humidity is low and the temperature is up a little.

Answer 2

Its the same thing has Hydrochloric Acid. Chlorine fumes come off of it which could potentially kill you.