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Topic: Sulphuric acid to water or water to sulphuric acid?  (Read 3294 times)

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Offline uday

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Sulphuric acid to water or water to sulphuric acid?
« on: April 21, 2010, 12:53:57 PM »
Yesterday in my viva my external asked me
When we prepare 1N sulfuric acid do we need to add sulfuricacid to water or water into Sulphuricacid. and why

can any one answer me

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Re: Sulphuric acid to water or water to sulphuric acid?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 01:18:11 PM »
Always! add acid to water Especially with sulfuric acid, as it is denser than water, so if you added water to acid, it could boil on top of the acid, splashing you with acid. Never good
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