Hi Bernd and all,
Nitric acid is bad stuff. It will stain your skin and should only be
used with protective gloves and googles. It is a cancer causing
material and extream caution should be used at all times with this
acid.It also tends to explode when mixed with different items. Other
than that, it is great for etching meteorites.
--AL Mitterling
Quoting "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>:
Michael kindly wrote: "Very nice video!"
Hello Michael and List,
Although it has been said many times before, we should put potential newbies,
who would like to etch an iron meteorite with nitol, on the alert: Please, be
careful and do wear protective gloves and goggles, because, and let me now
quote from our late R. Norton's Field Guide to Meteors and
Meteorites, p. 255:
"When mixing ethanol/nitric acid solution great care should be taken
to see that
the nitric acid is always poured *into the alcohol beaker, never the
reverse!
This prevents splattering of the acid as it is applied to the working
solution.
(Working with concentrated nitric acid is dangerous and requires
handling with extreme care.)*"
Wishing you a good night
from late night Germany,
Bernd
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