Whether or not you realize it, you interact with chemicals every day of your life. The foods you eat, the products you use to clean your home, and even you, yourself, are made of chemicals! Some of them, though, can be quite dangerous or have been used for nefarious purposes. So, in this episode, we’re diving into the darker side of chemistry with stories of hidden gold, acid burns, and body dissolution.
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Here are our sources:
- https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/can-acid-dissolve-a-body/3007496.article
- https://edu.rsc.org/analysis/breaking-bad-ii-acid-bath-disposal-of-bodies/3007374.article
- https://medium.com/the-crime-historian/the-story-of-lye-the-cook-the-murderer-his-wife-and-her-lover-187d29c92352#:~:text=Under%20high%20heat%20and%20pressure,liquid%20in%20just%20three%20hours.
- https://ehs.unc.edu/chemical/hfa/chemical-safety-information-hydrofluoric-acid/
- https://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysis
- https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/what-happens-when-a-dead-body-is-dissolved-in-lye
- https://www.chem.purdue.edu/chemsafety/chem/HFfatality.html
- https://www.today.com/popculture/mythbusters-proves-breaking-bads-walt-needs-some-more-schooling-6C10904583
- https://inside.nku.edu/artsci/departments/chemistry/about/diversity/jabiribnhayyan.html
- https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/10/03/140815154/dissolve-my-nobel-prize-fast-a-true-story
- https://gizmodo.com/how-acid-can-leave-your-skin-untouched-but-destroy-your-1723056026