>
>measures wrote:
>>Does HF plus water equal hydroflouric
>>acid?
>
>Pretty much. HF is either the gas hydrogen fluoride, or the shorthand
>name for hydrofluoric acid, the solution of the gas in water (where it
>dissociates into H+ and F- ions).
>
>If HF gas is inhaled, it dissolves in the moisture of the mucous
>membranes in the nose, throat and lungs, and the resulting hydrofluoric
>acid acts as a severe irritant. This causes the lungs to flood as a
>defence mechanism - which doesn't work - and the unfortunate victim may
>'drown' through loss of lung capacity.
>
>
Thanks. As I understand it, hydroflouric acid contact with the skin has
killed some IC workers over the years
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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