The acid attack of a 3-year-old boy inside a busy store in England highlights the growing trend of attackers using the corrosive liquid as a weapon of choice. Four men – ages 22, 25, 26, and 39 – were ...

After employees at a plastics facility in Waggaman discovered highly corrosive acid leaking from a rusted piece of equipment, initial assessments found that over 1,000 pounds of the chemical had been ...

South Carolina’s sandy midsection contains some of the country’s most acidic, pipe-corroding groundwater, but many small utilities aren’t treating drinking water to prevent lead from washing off pipes ...

A highly corrosive acid spill and a "subsequent gas release" were behind the huge emergency response at Plymouth University this afternoon. We reported earlier today how specialist firefighters ...

Corrosive chemicals cause destruction of tissue through chemical action at the point of contact. Corrosive chemicals can be liquids, solids, or gases; consequently, corrosive chemicals can affect the ...

A newly developed general correlation accurately predicts acidic combustion gas dewpoints to mitigate corrosion potential in pollution control and energy-recovery equipment. The correlation can ...