When you dilute sulfuric acid with water, you get battery acid. That’s what Metro Detroit community of New Baltimore nearly created in its water supply accidentally last month, due to a labeling ...

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Concentrated sulfuric acid dehydrates common table sugar (sucrose), leaving a column of carbon. Pour sugar into any size beaker (depending on the size of the room) to a depth of 1”. Place beaker on a ...

A move towards more alternative energy sources and away from fossil fuel production is a net positive for the world. But there’s an unanticipated side effect—a possible global sulfuric acid supply ...

The Danakil Depression in northwest Ethiopia has the sulfuric acid-richest environments on Earth. One of the big questions in astrobiology is whether life can use solvents other than water to ...

Pour sugar into any size beaker (depending on the size of the room) to a depth of 1”. Place beaker on a heat insulating mat. Pour a layer of concentrated sulfuric acid ½” to ¾” thick on top of the ...

Mark Maslin is a Professor of Earth System Science at UCL and the Natural History Museum of Denmark. He is a Founding Director of Rezatec Ltd, Co-Director of The London NERC Doctoral Training ...

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