Sulfuric acid
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Sulfuric acid or sulphuric acid, known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula H2SO4. It is a colorless, odo
Drops of concentrated sulfuric acid rapidly decompose a piece of cotton towel by dehydration.
Rio Tinto with its highly acidic water
Domestic acidic drain cleaners usually contain sulfuric acid at a high concentration which turns a piece of pH paper red and chars it instantly, demonstrating both the strong acidic nature and dehydrating property.
Ammonia
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Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pung
A train carrying anhydrous ammonia
Liquid ammonia bottle
Jabir ibn Hayyan wrote about ammonia in the 9th century
This high-pressure ammonia reactor was built in 1921 by BASF in Ludwigshafen and was re-erected on the premises of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.