Acid is a molecule/chemical that donates a proton or hydrogen ion into water. Acid is one of the most unforgiving substances it eats away at everything we are made of and can destroy our bodies in gross ways. A 'concentrated acid' reacts with no water to heat it, so when acid comes in to contact with your skin it, it immediately burns your skin as 60% of our body is water. Acid can make you also blind when it contacts your eyes. 'Nitric acid' is a strong acid and a powerful oxidizing agent which can cause a chemical burn as it decomposes your muscle. An oxidizing agent is a substance that has the ability to oxidize the other substances. Anyway, nitric acid is also used for making plastic, fertilizers, and in the manufacturing dyes. "Sulfuric acid is also commonly found in industrial or agricultural sites and for manufacturing copper and zinc.
In 2012, a construction worker Martin Davis fell through a roof into a vat of acid using for cleaning steel. He was pulled out by his co-worker, undressed and sprayed with water. The tank of acid that Davis landed is contained 40%-70% of nitric acid. Davis's skin was burnt and his body was bright red. And in 2007, Fernando Gonzalez drowned in the vat of sulfuric acid. He fell forward into a waist-high vat of it. He was wearing protection but it wasn't enough to save him.
Nature can be also a place to find dangerous acid springs like Norris Geyser hot spring known as the largest active geysers in the world. Colin Nathaniel Scott and his sister were visiting in the park and he fell into the hot spring. His sister called the forest rangers for help but they were unable to go into the spring because of the harsh conditions.
We have seen that acid burns the skin, it can make us blind and even dissolve our body and falling into a vat of acid or in the spring can be extremely serious consequences.
If you spill acid on your skin, immediately wash well with water, do not attempt to neutralize a spill on your skin.
Neutralisation
our mouths contain bacteria. These bacteria can change the sugar left on our teeth into acids. This acids then dissolved our teeth and it can cause tooth decay. If we brush our teeth with toothpaste, the toothpaste will neutralise the acids produced by the bacteria in our mouth. The toothpaste contained fluoride, sodium lauryl sulfate, and sugar. The average pH level of the toothpaste is 9.
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