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Old 15-August-2005, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by randycat99
The part I didn't like about that scene is the flicking of acid onto the window. People think acid will just dissolve anything, but it really doesn't work like that. Acid is just a very good solvent for metals, and perhaps organic flesh. However, glass should be pretty darn stable. In fact, acid is stored in glass containers all the time (in a lab, for instance). I just rolled my eyes at the premise that acid could in anyway make a pinhole in a glass window.
Hydrofluoric acid.
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