Your stomach contains hydrochloric acid, a highly corrosive chemical compound that can dissolve certain metals and would ...

The most precise description ever obtained by experiment of exactly how an acid compound dissolves, molecule by molecule, will be published in the 4 October 2002 issue of the journal Science. In ...

Bradley Eyre received funding from the Australia Research Council. Carbonate sands on coral reefs will start dissolving within about 30 years, on average, as oceans become more acidic, new research ...

Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry, Lewis… chemists have many ways to define and distinguish acids from bases. Forensic scientists have a way all of their own – how these substances destroy soft tissue, hair, ...

A move towards more alternative energy sources and away from fossil fuel production is a net positive for the world. But there’s an unanticipated side effect—a possible global sulfuric acid supply ...

Piranha solution is nasty stuff. Composed of part sulfuric acid and part hydrogen peroxide, it eats through most organic matter with ease, and this hot dog shows that it’s frighteningly good at its ...