• Question: What is the most hazardous chemical you have come across ?

    Asked by 534tema26 to Kate on 21 Nov 2014.
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      Kate Dobson answered on 21 Nov 2014:


      I did some work with a very nast acid called HF, it will go through your skin and dissolve your bones. Spilling a 5% concentrated solution on 5% of your skin is enough to kill you. You have to be very very very careful and wear all sorts of special protective clothing to work with it.

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