HCL Safety! Testing Hydrochloric Acid on my skin! (Bonus aluminum reaction)

Ever wondered what happens when you pour hydrochloric acid on your skin? Do you burst into fire? Melt away like putty? Nope! Nothing quite so dramatic, just rinse it off and you will be fine. Bonus reaction between hydrochloric acid and aluminum! SO COOL!
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HCL (muriatic acid) is not something to take lightly, but with the proper precautions, it is nothing to be scared of! In fact getting it on your skin is not even a terrible thing! (BUt please still don't do it...)
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[@funnyhamsters]

I work at a factory and we use this to clean, they didn’t teach us any of this, so here I am learning it.

[@BlackBlazeGaming]

Came here after watching a tiktok meme where someone sprays a person with a garden hose, and it was edited with a caption saying it was HCL. Pretty funny tiktok but I was curious about the actual reaction time so thanks for this video! Its about what I expected in terms of reaction speed.

[@generalingwer4341]

We need videos like this because ignorance breeds trouble.

[@useazebra]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that a safer way to handle it would be using pipettes. The open glass container allows it to release fumes and poses a perpetual risk for spills. Pouring leads to splashes and acid going places you didn't intend for it to go. If, heaven forbid, you'd accidentally spilled it down your clothes, that could have been worse. Overall, great video. Thanks for sharing and for putting your body in harm's way for our edutainment.

[@GodsWordMadeSimple]

This is a great video, very entertaining and informative! Frankly, I've always wondered how quickly it would cause damage, but never tried it, makes me feel a little more comfortable than I did (though of course we still need to respect such a powerful acid)!

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Thanks so much! We had fun making it.

[@broscus_]

Thank you! I learned many interesting things from this video.

[@hlalakar4156]

When I was a teenager I used to stuff 2 liter bottles with torn up aluminum foil then fill them about 1/3 of the way up with HCl, shake them, and run. After several minutes they inflate like a balloon and then explode, spraying a mist of aluminum chlorate and unreacted acid all over. Years later I learned that the gas it makes is hydrogen. Now I'm thinking of doing it again out on the salt flats, but this time in a ring of lit sparklers. Also, this is a cool video, and I always wondered what prolonged exposure to HCl would do. Now I know. Just don't try it with hydrofluoric acid, or you'll die. You will freaking die.

[@lukeparsons1187]

Thanks. I have to use hydrochloric acid for the first time in my job, so this was very helpful. I have probably gone overboard with my PPE, but I guess more is better in this case.

[@davidgorelle8967]

Great video buddy, thanks for the info. Very helpful cuz i just picked up my first bottle of the stuff. And i was nervous just driving home with it

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Glad to help! I remember feeling the same way.

[@madaiincubationcenter4947]

Thank you for doing this experiment for us

[@caterscarrots3407]

Honestly, this eases my mind a lot that I won't get a chemical burn right away if I happen to spill some acid on myself. The one thing I have thought of possibly doing with HCl if I ever get it is combining it with NaOH to form saltwater that I can then evaporate to form salt crystals, that way I can see what an acid base reaction is like and at the same time be producing something nontoxic. But, it still scares me a little, cause there's a lot that could go wrong with it. I could make a calculation error and either have too little NaOH or not enough, in which case evaporation would either produce dangerous to breathe vapors(HCl excess) or caustic salt(NaOH excess). I could put in the NaOH too fast and be producing dilute HCL vapors which could cause a burn similar to aspiration pneumonitis because I do not have a respirator or anything that would protect my lungs from acid vapors. That would probably be the worst outcome, pneumonitis from the vapors.

[@VICTORdoomm]

I work with HCL and some other chemicals, is there a way we could talk on the phone or video chat about the chemicals I am around, my job says safety is #1 but I am here on youtube learning about this stuff, I heed some help

[@iwayamazeki]

Made me flinch!

[@JoakimfromAnka]

What are the products of HCl reacting with skin??

[@SherwoodBotsford]

Note; the HCl Al reactionis producing a lot of steam too.

[@fearlessdoctor7888]

You are making this is video in cold places maybe acid takes longer times to react over your skin but what about if you do the same above normal room temperature as I am from India I am chemistry student and I have a not severe but little burn due phenol not from HCl, so kindly plz reply me does temperature makes any difference in acid reaction on our skin.

[@KpopStarNews]

bro , may i asking . if sniffing a few hydrocloric acid or aqua regia/ nitric acid ,., it it will be fine ? please answer my question ? cause im new .. zero knowledge

[@Dedears]

A question 32% hydrochloric acid can strip heavy grease from concrete floor

[@randomstuff9053]

I am very late but thank you so much this help because I was thinking about getting this

[@DestructiveCreativity]

I'm glad it helped!

[@randomstuff9053]

@@DestructiveCreativity yea I ended up getting it and stilled it on my hand by I had the stuff so I was fine

[@alexandermarquez8351]

Was it naturally warm or was it because your outside in the chilly snow

[@dinawulandari3702]

Thank you! But i had not heard any info in the video about the concentration of the Solution that you used. Or did i miss it somewhere?

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Right around 36 percent. It is nearly impossible to make any higher concentration.

[@dinawulandari3702]

@@DestructiveCreativity wow that's heavy! Since i just made a 4% solution and it irritated my skin after only a few seconds. Your skin is strong by the way 😄

[@2choosewisely2]

what if your eyeballs are already scorched off by hcl? sucks for you?

[@juliogarcia8866]

I wonder who figured out that it makes u go completely blind

[@Gts2pro]

What was the concentration? Or mol ? Of the Hcl ?

[@cookietheblade6562]

I was in th and was my first time so basically got dilute hcl all over my hands so it was irritating my skin a lot .

[@generalingwer4341]

Was that 12mol hcl?

[@jellyh3223]

Great video on demonstrating HCl safety!! what concentration of HCl were you using?

[@terrarian5166]

My guess it was either 1.0 M or 0.1 M

[@angeladimauro7584]

He answered further down that it was 37% HCl, which is approximately 12M.

[@Thavinda-dg8rx]

You are great

[@pagetwentyone]

I thought it would immediately damage the skin, Nice VIdeo btw

[@georgetang3999]

if you work with hydrochloric acid you'll realize that it really doesn't do much unless you let it linger for a long time and even then, there are other acids that are a lot worse.

[@ezeerestorations4097]

Hydrochloric acid is often used for rust removal on metal. I always see people dilute it a lot. Like a gallon of water to a small amount of acid. For this purpose, what ratio should I dilute it to?

[@DestructiveCreativity]

I would recommend a 10 parts water and one part HCL solution. Also, it will corrode metal, so keep an eye on the rust and as soon as you can, remove the metal and wipe the solution off.

[@KpopStarNews]

@@DestructiveCreativity buddy . if i accident sniff a hydro /nictic / aqua regia. during recovery gold .. it is fine ? please answer me ?

[@dillansteele7350]

Remember you can get two different strengths from home Depot there's two different types and they're not the same one is a lot stronger than the other

[@BrettTomasich]

And join me next episode where I'll be diving head first into a wood chipper!

[@Mikelaxo]

What concentration though?

[@scaz2181]

I’m afraid that I got a few drops of muriatic acid in my ear, and that it burned through my ear and got to my brain and that now I have brain damage. Is that even possible? Pretty much been driving myself nuts about it for a few weeks now.

[@jackflannigan5749]

Are you still alive?

[@epiarenita]

Hello, what percent of HCl were you using for this video? Was this the commercial 37% HCl? I am trying to use your video for educational purposes. Thanks!

[@DestructiveCreativity]

I really should have mentioned this in the video, but yes, 37%.

[@DestructiveCreativity]

I really should have mentioned this in the video, but yes, 37%.

[@comrade_kent7571]

Thank you bro I'm just 11 yrs old and my dad use muriatic acid with 11 percent of HCL to clean the bathroom and if I was wondering if I'm getting old I might use it for cleaning purposes too and Im kinda scared that If I accidentally pour it to my skin it might burn and destroy my skin quickly

[@alexmarian4642]

Eh diluted is mostly fine. Used in lab lessons in secondary schools a lot. I’ve spilled some of the school’s HCl all over my hand and not washed it off for 10-15min and felt literally nothing

[@care4animals114]

I've had this itchy horrible skin for few yrs and so desperate I'm thinking of diluting muratic acid and dabbing with a cotton bud.

[@suadiadnya]

MANTAP 👍

[@ggggg4030]

Fantastic video. But I have a new problem. The 37% HCL supplier used a foil/plastic seal. Though I removed it, there was non-visible residual aluminum on the underside of the cap which contaminated the remainder of the bottle (about 16oz). I’m not a chemist and can’t figure out how much baking soda is needed to neutralize it. Suggestions?

[@convects9656]

Just pour excess baking soda to be safe, no need to do exact calculations

[@convects9656]

Ive seaeched google and it takes 42g soda baking soda to neutralize 500 ml of 1M HCl. 37% is 12M so my guess is 42 * 12 = 504g. (Im not a chemist either do not take this for granted)

[@ggggg4030]

@@convects9656 thanks so much. I tried but couldn’t find the info. I will get a big bag from Costco

[@Mrjackietreehorn]

For science!

[@ouytrewus]

Let 'er buck, eh. Totally, eh? hahaha Best laugh I had today hearing that.

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Thanks for watching, eh? :)

[@carol3637]

Hey just wondering what is the best way to dispose of the HCl acid?

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Add baking soda until it it nutealized and then dilute it with lots of water :)

[@carol3637]

Great thank you so much!

[@alag773]

What's that stuff your using to neutralize it?

[@hezamac1287]

Assuming it's baking soda

[@mrarikara975]

Got a bottle of this and was manufactured to the top top and sealed with plastic lid its hot and jest cut top open and it sprayed out right into my eye 29% acid it was in my eye for about 1 second before I had my eye under sink pressure water washed out for 15 20 mins and used eyedropper it swollen but, I can see all prase to yahuah

[@benjaminbutcher]

This is mildly alarming 😅😅😅 is uh quarantine going okay??? 😬😬😬😬

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Yes, but my science supply chain has been cut off... so I have to get creative!

[@fickedyodad2137]

Late to the party. Chemistry is fucking awesome

[@wawansetiawan9636]

Soda kue VS air keras 👍👍

[@dillansteele7350]

Remember we swim in this stuff

[@heythere993]

Oh cool this reminds me of the Nile red video where he poured acids on his hand🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6qwg2Nuj7uVhLs Edit: The video isn’t by nile red because the video got re-uploaded by someone else

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Very Cool! Nitric Acid is on my list!

[@DestructiveCreativity]

Do you think it's a good idea to pour strong acids on your skin?

[@jdallers]

YES!

[@JBBounzer]

@@jdallers Haha, getting lonely over there?

[@CatboyChemicalSociety]

37% HCl hurts like a ton of stinging ants after 10 seconds tho. nothing too major but yea depending on the concentration overall tho HCl is not so bad but the fumes are something else!! those id say are really bad.

[@nyew_thrizz]

Yea, extremely healthy for you

[@realgaming2548]

Im accidentally shoot by HCL acid during remove termocouple on pipe. Its feel like spicy n warm. Wash with water and it'll be ok.

[@appreciateit8296]

Hydrosulfuric acid is the best 😁

[@Valkyriene]

What happened if it's poured into animal's skin such as cow / chicken?

[@josh.miller]

Coyote Peterson of science

[@sweatyninja9755]

Need anwers quick

[@kirtash7922]

You should have said that you are using a concentration of 25%, I thought it was 100% until I read the comments Edit: you replied to one comment saying that you used a concentration of 25%, and to another comment saying that it was 36%. What was it? Edit 2: I realize now that 100% Hydrochloric Acid is a gas at room temperature

[@sweatyninja9755]

Wait if it doesn't hurt then how am I supposed to dispose this guy right here