I am sorry, but I guess that I don't fully get your point. I looked it up after your comment. The general statements I have read are that a caustic is a chemical that erodes organic material up to and including destruction of the organic material. The caustic material can be base or acid in nature. So, the article describes a caustic acid. It is not clear that a caustic base would be as destructive, but a casual perusal of the literature I saw indicates that a caustic agent can be a base or an acid and there is little distinction of the two other than the PH level of the agent.
I will admit that I am not a chemist by training. Maybe I misinterpreted what I read, but I don't quite see the basis for your criticism.
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*sigh* "Caustic" and "acid" are entirely different ends of the rabbit. Goddam the dumbing down of the American education system.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, but I guess that I don't fully get your point. I looked it up after your comment. The general statements I have read are that a caustic is a chemical that erodes organic material up to and including destruction of the organic material. The caustic material can be base or acid in nature. So, the article describes a caustic acid. It is not clear that a caustic base would be as destructive, but a casual perusal of the literature I saw indicates that a caustic agent can be a base or an acid and there is little distinction of the two other than the PH level of the agent.
DeleteI will admit that I am not a chemist by training. Maybe I misinterpreted what I read, but I don't quite see the basis for your criticism.
That is some third world muslim or India ctap right there....
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