Goldmember123
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I would like to say Thank you again. I had some nitric acid sitting im a jar in my living room with a lid on it eating away at some IC chips and it was their for like 2 days. And me and my wife started getting a light cough and sore throat. Well i realized the fumes were going all the way into our bedroom. And so i went to check the jar out and i had the lid on but i swirled it around to see if the epoxy was eating away and i barely got a whiff of the gas it produced and it made me feel dizzy and sick ! It had that chlorine smell and i learned my lesson Big time ! I accidently got 2 whiffs and i think if i would have gotten a third one i might have died or got even more sick ! I mean i thought i was gonna pass out. Just from swirling the acid around inside the jar with the lid on and the toxic gases it produced still got me all sick ! It was a close call. Me and my wife got our lungs checked and we are ok. This was some time back but the gases that nitric acid produce and no Joke ! They are definitely extremely dangerous ! So i threw away everything my acids my gold my beakers and everything else. Because i did not have a good lab set up or fume hood ! Now i understand the importance of using a lab ! So i have learnd my lesson ! I should have listened the first time. So when i have a full lab set up away from my living residence then i will attempt an extraction ! But i posted this for any new people that do not understand the Leathal fumes that Nitric acid produces after its been eating metals and plastics for a couple of days ! Its no joke very dangerous gasses it can make you pass out and die in seconds ! Its nero toxin ! Yes Lesson learned !