Alert after acid bungle.MORE than 100 people were evacuated yesterday during a chemical alert at Lever Faberge after an employee is believed to have accidentally mixed a dangerous combination of acids. The driver had emptied sulphuric acid sulphuric acid: see sulfuric acid. into a tank of caustic soda caustic soda: see sodium hydroxide. caustic soda Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), an inorganic compound. The alkalies called caustic soda and caustic potash (potassium hydroxide) are very important industrial chemicals, with uses in the manufacture of creating dangerous sulphur dioxide sulphur dioxide Noun Chem a strong-smelling colourless soluble gas, used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid and in the preservation of foodstuffs Noun 1. gas. More than 40 fire fighters wearing gas suits battled to reduce the heat of the tank inside a building on the site at New Chester Road, Port Sunlight, after concerns it could rupture. The incident happened shortly after 11am. A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire Service said: ``At one point there was real concern the tank would rupture because the gases were not meant to be mixed and the reaction was creating a great deal of heat which just kept rising. Luckily, this was brought under control. '' |
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