Your stomach contains hydrochloric acid, a highly corrosive chemical compound that can dissolve certain metals and would ...

Bradley Eyre received funding from the Australia Research Council. Carbonate sands on coral reefs will start dissolving within about 30 years, on average, as oceans become more acidic, new research ...

Royal water, or better known for its Latin name Aqua regia, is a fuming, corrosive liquid solution first invented by an Arab alchemist back in the 8th century. It is a mixture of one part of nitric ...

Note: This release has been updated since its original posting. The most precise description ever obtained by experiment of exactly how an acid compound dissolves, molecule by molecule, will be ...

The most common process by which limestone caves form involves carbonic acid — or weakly acidic groundwater — as the primary agent. When carbonic acid contacts limestone, it dissolves minerals in the ...

A move towards more alternative energy sources and away from fossil fuel production is a net positive for the world. But there’s an unanticipated side effect—a possible global sulfuric acid supply ...

If we were to make a roundup of the absolute most important active ingredients in skincare, there’s no question that salicylic acid would clear the top five. For some people, it might even take the ...

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Piranha solution is nasty stuff. Composed of part sulfuric acid and part hydrogen peroxide, it eats through most organic matter with ease, and this hot dog shows that it’s frighteningly good at its ...