what is the chemical in household cleaners that reacts so violently with aluminum foil? why does it react that way? (specific chemical names plz) Thanks!!!
2007-10-14 10:08:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Not only is it chemically reactive, but the form of foil gives it a very large surface area per mass, so that much of it can react at the same time.
2007-10-15 13:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum corrodes rapidly with any strong base or acid. Drano is definitely a strong base.
2007-10-14 17:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Tom H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My lady I nonetheless use it to prepare dinner my hams and turkeys and to keep nutrition interior the frig, yet its transforming into to be a dinosaur and its on its final leg and there's a lot of different issues now we are able to apply yet interior the previous years it had its use yet technology and Tech. has come and made it out of date. yet nonetheless i like to apply it on ocassions
2016-11-08 07:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋