The Old Man, 13:08, giovedě 2 settembre 2010:
> On Sep 2, 5:45 am, SolomonW
>> > Hydrocholoric and nitric, OTOH, is much more fun.
>> > It's called aqua regia, and it dissolves gold, no small
>> > trick. Spray that on the Roman army, and watch
>> > Caesar's embarrassment as the decorations on his
>> > armor and sword go bye-bye. Then watch Caesar
>> > go bye-bye when it hits his face.
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>> I remember as a kid in chemist getting a spray of this stuff.
>> It only hurt very little, once I washed my face I was fine.-
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> And I knew a guy who got sprayed and although he plunged his
> face into a water-filled tub, came damned close to losing his
> eyesight.
Anybody working in a chemistry laboratory should wear
protections for eyes etc.
> His vision was none too great for the rest of his
> life, especially having problems with cataracts that the
> doctor blamed directly on this episode.
Cataract is inside the eye, not on the surface.
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