what is the lethal dose for hydrochloric acid? Where is this information available?

Answer 1

I think it depends whether it is ingested or inhaled. Here is some information. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/hydrochl.html

Answer 2

Hydrochloric acid is manufactured by the stomach and is the primary component of digestive fluid. The stomach secretes mucus to avoid being dissolved by it's own acid.

Why in God's name would you ask about the lethal dose of an acid? Consuming acid to kill oneself would qualify for a Darwin award.

The pain would be overwhelming and it *wouldn't* be quick... :-(

Answer 3

there is no "lethal dose" since its not a drug.. one would simply have to expose themselves to it until tissue is dissolved enough to die.. swollowing it you would have to drink alot slowly so that your throat would get eaten away at until the viens burst and you bleed to death. its not really the amount, but the time the throat is exposed to it..

on skin it would be very hard.. a hand would have to be soaked in it until it was pretty much gone and then the person would bleed to death. this would take like a day. the most likely result would be someone dieing very slowly from an infection since they couldnt hold the hand in for long enough.

people hype up how powerfull it is... i've dipped my hand in the most concentrated HCL that exists and it just kind of tingles .. of course i then washed it off.

really really ineffective and crude.

Answer 4

why in the world would you want to injest HCl???

Anyway, it wouldn't be based on how much you "take" it'd be based on the concentration of the liquid you would be idiotic enough to have touch your tongue, skin, etc.

Concentrated (aka glacial) HCl is strong enough to burn holes in your skin with a fraction of a drop. As you dilute it, it becomes less harmful. You can't "wash" it off either. As you add water (or interacts with the water in your body), it reacts and creates heat, causing acid burns. You'd have to counteract it with a basic substance, usually baking soda is used.

So, the answer is... it depends on how much excrutiating pain you want to endure, and how many horrifying scars you want to overcome.

1uM HCl would be equivalent to pH 6 injested. Anything less than a pH of 4 (greater concentration than 100uM) would definitely cause severe damage.

Side note, large quantities of of chlorine can be associated with increased risk of cancer, by causing DNA mutations... so another reason to stay away from it.

Answer 5

I am not sure on this one---you could search online or ask a science teacher or a chemist!