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 ...

A tanker truck carrying sulfuric acid was engulfed in flames on South Loop at the Gulf Freeway in Houston, causing traffic ...

This month we feature chemicals that have important applications in industry and the lab.—Ed. H 2 SO 4 has a wide range of uses. Most of it (≈60%) is consumed in extracting phosphoric acid from ...

The company planning to build the nation’s first new major oil refinery in 35 years will use a safer technology as a substitute for a highly toxic acid that can travel great distances and threaten ...

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 ...

A man working at WKW Erbsloeh North America Inc.’s Alabama facility suffered severe burns to his face and internal organs when he fell backwards and was submerged into a tank filled with corrosive ...