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Caustic

Caustic

(Science: chemistry) An escharotic or corrosive agent.

Synonym: cauterant.

Origin: L. Causticus, gr. Kaustikos


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Common Household Chemicals - Dangerous Mixtures

... Alkaline Products with Highly Acidic Products Acids and bases (alkalis) can react violently, presenting a splash hazard. Acids and bases are caustic and may cause chemical burns. 3,Certain Disinfectants with Detegents Don't mix disinfectants with 'quaternary ammonia' listed as an ingedient ...

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by sunnye
Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:57 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Common Household Chemicals - Dangerous Mixtures
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pain scale for stings

... and burns on your skin. 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail. 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut. 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, ...

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by mith
Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:38 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: pain scale for stings
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Views: 1698

The Fiber Disease

... emergency. Diagnosed with Blepharitis, Keratitis and at the time droopy eyelid syndrome. Caused by my sleeping with my eyes open or some caustic substance that I must have administered in error. Eye specialists at Moorfields can not see it. I went to quite a well known Dermatologist on ...

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by hartuk
Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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YES I THINK-- Life Without Water Posssiiibble.

... are polar and water is a polar solvent). Compare it with methanol which is non-polar. Can it dissolve those things?? :wink: alcohol is very caustic and volatile. sorry boss, all aliphatic alcohols are neutral in pH except cyclic alcohol loke phenol (pH < 7). For the volatile or not, it ...

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by victor
Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:56 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: YES I THINK-- Life Without Water Posssiiibble.
Replies: 22
Views: 2109

YES I THINK-- Life Without Water Posssiiibble.

alcohol is very caustic and volatile. Also, it is a biological bi-product, not a naturally existing molecule. It is the result of anoxic respiration in micro-organisms. I doubt that a planet would exist where methanol is a basic naturally ...

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by AstusAleator
Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:17 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: YES I THINK-- Life Without Water Posssiiibble.
Replies: 22
Views: 2109
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