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Doug Miller

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Doug Miller writes:

You go right ahead and do that if you want, but advising others of the
(supposed) safety of a practice that every chemistry instructor and
laboratory safety guide warns against, is stupid and irresponsible.

The advice is sound for sulfuric acid. For hydrochloric, it is just
superstition spread by repetition. To their credit, not "every chemistry
instructor" or guide is quite so credulous, although generally they do
spout this "conventional wisdom." But it is just wrong in being
overgeneralized to all acids.

I don't expect you to believe me.

What, just because you insist it's safe to drink gasoline and breathe
carbon monoxide, you don't expect me to believe you about this either?

I'm shocked.

Just try it yourself, if you have the
courage. Otherwise, you just compound the ignorance. Come to my place, and
you can experiment at my expense with the gallons of HCl I pour into my
pool.

Ummmm... that *is* the recommended practice: adding acid to water.

The truth is never stupid or irresponsible. Your feelings are hurt that
you didn't know this little fact, and were gullible enough to believe the
overgeneralization you'd been taught.

*My* feelings aren't hurt a bit. I'm just sitting here laughing at you
continuing to pretend you know anything at all about chemistry and
expecting people to take you seriously after some of the howlers you've
posted -- and laughing even more watching you get your panties in a wad
when someone catches you.