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Acids dehydrate organic tissue (your skin) or only slightly damage your top layer of the skin. Strongly alkaline bases like sodium hydroxide actually reacts with your skin and lipids and dissolves them. This is why you can end up with some base burns that can be even worse than sulfuric acid burns.
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Why is sodium hydroxide not used as an acid cure?
Sodium hydroxide is a strong base, not an acid. It is used to neutralize acids, not to cure them. In acid curing processes, acids are used to remove impurities or to alter the pH level of a substance.
Which is a stronger base Cl- or F-?
F is the stronger base because it is bigger than Cl
In a neutralization reaction are the metal and a non-metal the reactants?
No, The metal and non-metals are ions that are present in the acid and base. The acid and the base are the reactants. E.G Neutralisation of Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide HCl + NaOH --> NaCl + H2O the metal ion in the base is sodium The metal ion in the acid is Chloride (Chlorine ion)
When acids and bases react the product other than water is?
When acids and bases react, the product other than water can be a salt. This salt is formed through a neutralization reaction, where the acid donates a proton (H+) to the base to form water, and the remaining components of the acid and base combine to form the salt.
Can an acid cause severe burns and tissue damage?
It depends on the type of acid and the concentration of it. Acetic acid diluted as vinegar might just cause some minor irritation, while pure acetic acid can cause a burn scab. Citric acid from apple juice won't burn you, but one drop of sulfuric acid in the laboratory leaves a terrible burn.
What is worse to your eyes strong acid or base?
Strong acid can be more damaging to the eyes because it can cause immediate and severe burns upon contact, leading to rapid tissue damage. Strong bases can also cause eye irritation and damage, but acids generally pose a higher risk due to their corrosive nature.
Which is a stronger base battery acid or lye?
Lye (sodium hydroxide) is a stronger base than battery acid (sulfuric acid) in terms of chemical strength and aggressiveness. Lye is highly caustic and can cause severe burns on contact with skin, while battery acid is corrosive but not as immediately damaging.
Is lip-gloss an acid or base?
base besides if it's wrong base is more healthy than acid
What would burn your skin more a strong base or a weak acid?
A strong base would likely burn your skin more than a weak acid. Strong bases have a higher pH and can cause more severe burns and tissue damage compared to weak acids.
Why must you flush the area with plenty of water rather than the neutralizing the acid with a base?
Because, a base CAN make things even worse if you pour too much on or even a little bit too much
What Substances Is Worse Than Poison And Causes More Murders?
acid
An acid that forms when a base gains a proton?
The acid formed when a base gains a proton is called a conjugate acid of the base. This process is known as protonation, where the base accepts a proton to become an acid. The conjugate acid will have one more proton than the base.
Is acid rain worse in Europe than it in in the U.S.?
very much so
Is borax an acid or base?
Borax is a base. It is a salt of boric acid and has a pH greater than 7.
Is grapefruit juice a acid or a base?
Acid-- it has a ph of less than 7.
Is ammonia or hydroxide a stronger acid?
Neither is an acid. Both are bases, hydroxide is the stronger base.
How is a acid and a base different?
An acid has more H+ ions than OH- ions, while a base has more OH- ions than H+ ions.
