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Flesh-Eating Hydrofluoric Acid - Periodic Table of Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oipksRhISfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oipksRhISfM
patnor1011 said:That video is poorly done, they somehow made it look less harmless than other acids, for people who will skim through that it will be really badly presented information.
Hydrofluoric acid solution is a contact-poison that causes deep, initially painless burns which result in permanent tissue death. It also interferes with calcium metabolism, which means that exposure to it can and does cause cardiac arrest (heart attack) and death. Contact with as little as 160 square centimeters (25 square inches) of skin can kill – that’s about the area of the palm of your hand.
NobleMetalWorks said:The scary thought is that others will come after, watch the video, and believe it's relatively safe.
I cannot stress enough how incredible dangerous some of the acids we deal with on a regular basis are, but even more so is Hydrofluoric. If you have no other way to process whatever it is you are processing, other than to sue this acid, I would suggest not processing whatever material it is. There is no good reason for any hobbyist or small scale refiner to be using Hydrofluoric acid for any process in my opinion, not ever, not for any reason.
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