Adding Water to Acids

2013-08-19

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I dilute various acids incorrectly, to see what happens. I also add water to a base and a salt for comparison.

Video with reaction: /youtube/video/_f0vK8Wffgg

Before the bug the 2nd beaker from the left (medium beaker) was at least 99% sulfuric acid and the one in the large beaker was around 96 to 98%. The nitric was very pure 99%+ (anhydrous). The water was from rain collected over painted steel and the other chemicals ( HCl, NaOH & NH4NO3) were industrial grade.