CBC News Clip.....HF Acid Mock Disaster

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Uploaded by on Aug 27, 2009

Video of a mock disaster held with local first responders. The chemical involved is Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride. A very hazardous chemical in liquid or vapor form.

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  • If you're splashed with dilute hydrofluoric acid, it will feel like you've been splashed with water! Until several hours later when you look at your limb with injuries similar to frost bite.

  • @nunayobiznass

    We have a winner!!!!

    Go put some on yourself....most local chip plants have it there...let me know how that works out for ya.

  • @JPP2672 You're an idiot, why would you make such a bold and ignorant statement? Seriously, to make a blanket statement that you're going to die if you get a drop on you? there are things to consider, like concentration and certainly volume when determining the outcome and the outcome is still largely dependent on recognition of exposure an duration of time prior to treatment. Many people have delayed response injuries when HF acid is diluted and they come into contact with it,then its too late

  • @flyinlow90 It works very quickly though. I would never work with it

  • @jqlzp Oh no...If the strength is high enough you'll feel it right away. I have only ever had it on me once but had been diluted to maybe 1% or less, That took about 16 hours to show up. Even at that it took medical attention!

  • @flyinlow90 I heard you dont feel it until it reaches your bone marrow. Then you have to worry about poisening

  • @jqlzp

    Oh yeah, you can feel it.!! Imagine your hand on a stove burner. That's how HF feels when you come in contact with it. the few people i know that have come in contact with it have explained it to me this way.

  • @JPP2672

    Right you are!!! Been hauling it for 14 years now, you can't be afraid of it but you have to respect it!

  • @JPP2672 I thought you couldnt feel it.

  • @jqlzp LOL??? A drop...one drop.....of HF, a little larger than a a quarter, and you're not gonna make it. The good news is....your gonna die.....the bad news is...its a painful death...It depletes your body of calcium. HF is bad, bad, bad, nasty stuff.

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