• Question: what would happen if i made my best freind drink acid?

    Asked by ChemCoolKid_69 to Barbara, Matt, Ravinder, Sophie, Tristan on 11 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Barbara Shih

      Barbara Shih answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      You would get a very angry, and possibly dead, best friend.

      I guess it depends on how strong/concentrated the acid/base is. Both acid and bases injure tissues, so your friend would suffer severe injury in his/her oesophagus (foodpipe) and his/her stomach. If it’s not strong acid/base and it’s a very small amount, they might be ok (I’m not sure). It’s not unheard of that people (mainly children or very drunk people) accidentally drank bleach (base) .

    • Photo: Matthew Moore

      Matthew Moore answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      You’d go to prison and depending on the acid they’d be extremely dead or injured! It wouldn’t be in slightest bit ideal really!

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