What if you consume battery acid?

Answer 1

First, remember the general rule: nothing is completelysafe; if you can't figure out a way to use any given material to kill a human, you're not thinking hard enough. "Drop enough of it on his head" usually works if nothing else does. Dry cells use a pasty electrolyte that most people call "battery acid" despite it not being all that acidic. If that's what you're talking about, how toxic it is depends on exactly what it is; it might be mainly NH4Cl (weakly acidic), or ZnCl2 (weakly acidic), or KOH (strongly alkaline), or any of a number of other substances. It may or may not include Mercury; alkaline cells in particular are likely to contain at least a small amount of mercury. It's almost certainly not a good idea to eat any, and it's best to avoid touching it as well, but it's probably not going to cause much more than a rash or mild chemical burn if you get some on your hand as long as you quickly and thoroughly wash it off. Battery acid in a lead-acid storage cell (such as a car battery) is a different story. This really is acidic and is somewhat more dangerous stuff; it's sulfuric acid with some dissolved lead sulfate. Neither of these is particularly good for you; if you get any on yourself you're likely to get some fairly serious chemical burns, and if taken internally there will be the same burns plus the lead toxicity.

Answer 2

Depends on how much but even so it will kill you.

Battery acid contains corrosive chemicals with a higher chemical status than the human stomach acid your stomach acid can melt through metal like nothing and its inside of your ruber stomach so it will burn through your stomach and will keep going it will suck... all i can say

Answer 3

it burns the skin and can show your bones after acid dries

Answer 4

According to pH levels, battery acid is indeed a poison because it is too acidic. In fact, its pH level is a zero, and a substance with too much acid in it is called poison.

Answer 5

You may or may not notice it burning your skin, but it will surely

make holes in clothing if it splashes or drips on them.