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acid_laced
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Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: Question? |
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Hi everyone.
Just a quick question/teaser: can anyone tell me the name of an organic substance which is also corrosive and has eight letters and one number in it?
Yep weird question I know  , but if anyone can help that would be really great! 
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Dante
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I know that acid would be the only subtances that corrosive and also organic. Except chunks of sodium,corrosive but not organic. 
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RobJim
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That's a tough one. I've been thinking about it off and on and I don't know how to approach it.
It could be an acid, and it could be a base. Maybe it's a strong oxidizing or reducing reagent. I don't know...
I wonder what the exact definition of "corrosive" is?
According to dictionary.com, it looks like a corrosive substance is any chemical substance that chemically destroys or eats away another substance.
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acid_laced
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It's very corrosive; and I would agree with your definition. It's also a homologous series. It's so confusing it could be anything!
eta: apparently its extremely easy, its like something you would over look?? 
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john500
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What is it corrosive towards? glass, steel, hands, plastic etc.
3. The only chemicals (which are not "corrosive") that I can think of would be something like 1-pentanol, 2-butanone (MEK) etc.
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