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Battery acid is dangerous because it contains sulphuric acid, a highly toxic and corrosive chemical. Sulphuric acid can cause severe skin burns and even blindness if it gets in contact with your eyes. Ingesting battery acid can damage the inner lining of the digestive tract, while inhalation may result in breathing difficulties. Read on to find out more about the dangers...
While formaldehyde is typically safe at very low levels, it’s highly toxic and harmful at concentrations above 100 ppm. Even at a concentration of 50 ppm, formaldehyde can cause potentially life-threatening health issues including a severe pulmonary reaction.Formaldehyde has a range of industrial applications. For example, it’s often used as a chemical precursor to other more complex organic compounds such...
Although the terms ‘antifreeze’ and ‘coolant’ are often used interchangeably, they’re not the same thing. Antifreeze is a liquid that contains either ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, whereas a coolant is a mixture of antifreeze and water.Most modern vehicles have cooling systems that use a solution of water and antifreeze to maintain a stable temperature and prevent damage to the...
Although distilled water is often synonymous with ultrapure water, the two are technically different products. Distilled water is a product of simple evaporation and condensation, while ultrapure water is produced through a relatively complex multi-staged process, which includes distillation. What’s more, distilled water is safe to drink, whereas ultrapure water is not. Distilled water explained What is distilled water? Distilled water is simply...
Sterile water is a type of purified water. It’s similar to distilled water, but with one key difference: it’s less pure because it contains inorganic substances. Sterile water has several applications in health and medicine, chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. In distilled water, both organic and inorganic substances have been removed from the water. Meanwhile, sterile water has had organic contaminants...
Both caustic soda and baking soda are basic or alkaline inorganic compounds, and their aqueous solutions have pH levels above 7.0. Despite these similarities, there are some important differences between them.The word ‘soda’ typically connotes the image of a bubbling sweet beverage. In soda drinks, carbon dioxide is added to a water mix and sealed under pressure. The carbon dioxide...
Common names of chemicals are determined by cultural and historical factors, whereas trade names generally refer to the substance’s chemical name.The latter is typically based on the scientific standard nomenclature, the almost universally accepted standard of which is the IUPAC nomenclature, or the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry nomenclature.Trade names of chemicals may also refer to brand names,...
Absolute ethanol, also known as anhydrous ethanol, is used mainly as a reagent in synthetic organic chemistry and chromatography. It has a purity level of almost 100% alcohol. As ethanol is highly miscible with water, it can dissolve many types of organic compounds. This includes both polar and non-polar compounds such as hexane. Thanks to its versatility, absolute ethanol has a...
Ultrapure water, or UPW, is a high-grade water that’s free from impurities like microbes, minerals, and dissolved gases. It only contains H2O molecules and has a purity level of, or very near, 100%.Water must undergo a stringent process for it to become ultrapure and free of any dissolved or suspended organic and inorganic compounds. Ultrapure or highly purified water (HPW)...
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