#5 - Nitrile gloves and concentrated acid
As an experiment, and after all, that’s what we’re here for, I decided to see what would happen to a piece of Nitrile material (as used in the gloves I use in the lab), if it were exposed to concentrated Sulphuric acid.
The reason I used Sulphuric acid was I’d just completed making up a bench 1M Sulphuric acid solution so the bottle was handy.
The video below is real-time footage, and then the picture of the test-tube contents after about five minutes.
In future and when handling concentrated acids I’ll use better gloves I think.
The reason I used Sulphuric acid was I’d just completed making up a bench 1M Sulphuric acid solution so the bottle was handy.
The video below is real-time footage, and then the picture of the test-tube contents after about five minutes.
In future and when handling concentrated acids I’ll use better gloves I think.