Kiernan
Sent: Tue 1/25/2011 2:04 PM
To: Robert Richmond
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: Storing acetic acid ***
Schoolboys in the 1950s knew all about this and other interesting explosive
chemical reactions, back in the days when elementary chemistry was more than
l") but it contracts as this
happens, so it doesn't break the bottle as can happen with freezing water.
John Kiernan
Anatomy, UWO
London, Canada
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- Original Message -
From: Robert Richmond
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 22:26
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Storing acetic acid
We have separate storage cupboards for inorganic acids (many of which are
oxidizing agents) and organic acids (many of which are flammable). If we
didn't have an organic acids cupboard, we would store it with organic solvents.
The reaction of acetic acid with nitric acid might be violent, the
Laurie Colbert (where?) asks:
> I am trying to find out how to store acetic acid. We were storing it in
> our acid cabinet with the other acids, but we were inspected by the fire
> department last week and they said that acetic acid is flammable and a
> corrosive and that it should be stored with
