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 ...

Royal water, or better known for its Latin name Aqua regia, is a fuming, corrosive liquid solution first invented by an Arab alchemist back in the 8th century. It is a mixture of one part of nitric ...

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 ...

It can instantly cause severe burns on your skin. It can even dissolve things like limestone and concrete. This is battery ...

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, ...

Dear Tim: How can I remove brick mortar from the sidewalk I just built with paver bricks? My husband and I got the mortar smeared on the brick, and it looks terrible. What methods can I use so the ...

Stimulation is performed on a well to increase or restore production. Sometimes, a well initially exhibits low permeability, and stimulation is employed to commence production from the reservoir.