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Subject: TWL: RE: Acids ( was: Introductions and chemistry)
From: Hal Wyman (twl@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 12:55:39 EST
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> When dealing with battery acid as in a spill, how do you avoid adding
> water ( + baking soda) to the acid?
> Since it is spilled and no longer contained, pouring it into a water +
> baking soda. solution is not feasible.
>
Battery acid is sufficiently diluted already that the caveats about
concentrated acid don't apply. But if you have a great deal of battery acid,
I wouldn't pour huge quantities of baking soda in it all at once -- you will
generate a ton of CO2 and a lot of sodium, what? sulfate? This is the
reaction in soda/acid fire extinguishers which were common until fairly
recently.
Hal
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