/ Chemical Injury Chemical Injury Nitric acid, a danger lurking Nitric acid is a strong acid, found in the nature in salt forms (nitrates), with the formula HNO3. Katie Piper – Victim of a chemical aggression To help for a better awareness and improvement of prevention of chemical injuries. Why speak about “chemical injury” rather than “chemical burn” ? Although the informal language of many countries use the term of “burn” as well for thermal accidents as for chemical splashes, it would be judicious, as the German-speaking ones do it, to adopt different names. ×
Nitric acid, a danger lurking Nitric acid is a strong acid, found in the nature in salt forms (nitrates), with the formula HNO3.
Katie Piper – Victim of a chemical aggression To help for a better awareness and improvement of prevention of chemical injuries.
Why speak about “chemical injury” rather than “chemical burn” ? Although the informal language of many countries use the term of “burn” as well for thermal accidents as for chemical splashes, it would be judicious, as the German-speaking ones do it, to adopt different names.