• Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      8 months ago

      Funny thing about a strong base & a strong acid, when you put them together you get a powerful reaction which can be somewhat explosive - so that’s the implied fifth panel. But then they neutralise each other and you get a fairly inert salt.

      The thing that makes them highly reactive - and thus toxic - is their affinity for ionic bonds. But once those bonds form, that same affinity makes the salt stable and safe. Ammonium chloride is used in cough medicine.

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        I’m pretty sure Ammonia and Clorox Bleach are both alkali, also they famously mix to produce chloride gases, which aren’t salt and definitely aren’t innert.