Monday, January 10, 2011

The wonderful world of acids and bases

Drain cleaner can dissolve glass!

Just about everyone knows many acids are corrosive. For example, hydrofluoric acid can dissolve glass (a chemical you do not want to mess with). Did you know strong bases can be corrosive, too? An example of a base sufficiently corrosive to eat glass is sodium hydroxide (NaOH), which is a common solid drain cleaner.

Read on!



Keywords: acid, base, corrosive, reactions