Can acid rain burn your skin?

Answer 1

It is likely that acids are able to break ester bonds in your skin. I'm thinking the acid deprotonates (looses it's acidic hydrogen nucleus, leaving behind it's electrons) and the resulting nucleophile "attacks" the positive carbon of the ester-carbonyl.

Answer 2

Yes, acid rain can potentially irritate and burn your skin upon direct contact. The acidity in the rain can cause chemical burns similar to those caused by acids. It is important to wash off any acid rain exposure promptly to limit skin damage.

Answer 3

The free H+ in an acid solution can break down the organic, inorganic, or otherwise a polymer your clothes are made of. The ions break down the materials your clothing are made of, and simplifies them apart, which causes a hole to be burned in clothing.

Answer 4

Just like how strong bases burn your skin, strong acids have the ability to dissolve the proteins and lipids that your skin and tissues are made of. Strong acids can readily dissolve into the H+ ion, and that likes to attack organic matter, like your skin.

Strong bases readily dissolve into -OH ions, which is kind of like the same thing as H+'s tendancy to attack organic matter.

Answer 5

Acids readily release H+ ions in solution, and they like to attack and dissolve organic and inorganic matter. Acids are able to break down lipids and proteins that constitutes your skin and tissue, and that is what makes them corrosive.

Answer 6

It depends on the concentration and type of the acid. Acids greater than about 10% can burn your skin. It also depends on the acid and the length of time it is on your skin.

Answer 7

No not at all. You will get a sunburn in the rain much sooner

Answer 8

Yes. The reason why it's in our stomach is because our stomach constantly builds up mucous to protect the walls around it.

Answer 9

Hydrochloric acid will indeed burn skin. In the stomach, its usefulness is to "burn" (no flames) raw meat to make it digestable.

Answer 10

Acids can burn your skin.