fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agowhat’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment?mander.xyzimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1882arrow-down11
arrow-up1881arrow-down1imagewhat’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment?mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squarefarting_gorilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 days agoI was a student in a lab, so I was tasked with making the 10% HCL bath to clean the glassware. I learned that day why you should always add acid to water, and not add water to acid. The building was evacuated.
minus-squaredumples@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoMy first professional chemistry job had an older lab tech who used to always say when dealing with any acid. “Do what you oughta, add acid to water” It’s a fun saying especially because you need to mispronounce a few words to get it to rhyme correctly.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI don’t think I need to mispronounce that in my accent, it rhymes in Australian English
I was a student in a lab, so I was tasked with making the 10% HCL bath to clean the glassware. I learned that day why you should always add acid to water, and not add water to acid. The building was evacuated.
My first professional chemistry job had an older lab tech who used to always say when dealing with any acid.
“Do what you oughta, add acid to water”
It’s a fun saying especially because you need to mispronounce a few words to get it to rhyme correctly.
I don’t think I need to mispronounce that in my accent, it rhymes in Australian English
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