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[โ€“] janus2@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've gotten 2 skin burns from chemicals with a nitrile glove breakthrough time of <1 second

underfunded undergrad lab classes without heavy duty gloves shouldn't be allowed to use fuming nitric acid >:(

[โ€“] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I'm all fairness, nobody should be using fuming nitric acid unless absolutely necessary.

At least you didn't catch on fire. It likes to do that too.