Got burned for being stupid

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Here is the list of salts it contains...it would take a week to find all of the enthalpies of solution for this list of components:

Proprietary Blend of Sodium chloride, Sodium sulfate, Magnesium chloride, Calcium chloride, Potassium chloride, Sodium tetraborate, Strontium chloride, Potassium iodide, Barium chloride, Sodium metavanadate, Zinc sulfate, Nickel chloride, Chromium chloride, Sodium feredetate, Manganese chloride, Hafnium chloride, Cobalt chloride, Lanthanum chloride, Neodymium chloride, Cerium chloride, Silver chloride, Dysprosium chloride, Gadolinium chloride, Ytterbium chloride, Erbium chloride, Scandium chloride, Samarium chloride, Praseodymium chloride, Holmium chloride, Lutetium chloride, Terbium chloride, Europium chloride, Thulium chloride

I found it interesting that it contains lanthanum chloride.
 
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Peace River said:
No worries, not sure I completely understand what you said in the previous paragraph! ;Shamefullyembarrased
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Sorry. Sometimes the chemical engineer just comes out...I can't help it, man :)
 
Daniel@R2R said:
So I was prepping water for my water change last night, and some of the RODI splashed into my salt bucket (yeah...I wasn't being careful and had the open salt way too close to the water buckets). It wasn't a lot and I wondered if the water had actually landed in the bucket or if I'd barely missed it, so to check, I reached in and touched the salt with my fingers to see if it was wet... Not only was it wet, but it was HOT! :oops: I shoulda thought about it. ;Facepalm The chemical reactions occurring at that moment were bound to heat up the salt that got wet, but I didn't think, and man, it STUNG!! ;Nurse I felt it for the 20 minutes or so at least. Oh well, lesson learned, and a funny (stupid) story to laugh at myself for... ;Eggonface ...and now you guys can all laugh about it too. :cool:

Moral of the story: If you get your salt wet, don't touch it for a few minutes...
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I'm going to start my comedy act with, "hey did you hear about that guy who put his hand in some wet reef salt.......... and I know my audience they're going to start laughing when I start my comedy routine that way.
 
I got some water in the open bucket, now Im dealing with rock salt. Thanks for the warning
 
So @Daniel@R2R, I'm still trying to understanding...are you saying that I am or I'm not supposed to have the fire extinguisher ready when doing water changes?!?

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I forget what salt it was but years ago I used it, it came in a white bucket with a sealable twist on locking lid. Whenever i made salt i would get sparks and snapping noises as the salt was added to the rodi, and as it cleared I would always find dried up pods floating on the top of the water. But I made mistake of getting salt on my hand and thinking I'll just dip it in the water to clean it off.. dummy, my hand was red for a few hours and burned like a...
 
AS
This has happened to me before with Reef Crystals on numerous ocassions. Sometimes just holding the salt in my hand. This could be due to the humidity in my garage mixing station due to it being south Florida. Thankfully it wasn’t enough to burn me but man did it get HOT
 
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Idoc said:
Hmmm... makes me want to go try it. Lol.
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I want to measure the temperature rise and pH!!! :)

*must. resist. nerdiness!*
 
Ok so the lessons here are:
#1 Add the salt to the water.
#2 use gloves when using glue.

#3 do not give ME a can of paint and a roller... ROFL...
Everything will be painted, the floor, the ceiling, the walls, all the furniture, the TV, the dog, the cat, the fish, the yard, the driveway the hose, the neighbors house, the bottom of every shoe in the house, the carpet in every vehicle, the seats in every vehicle, and I am too tired of typing the rest
 
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AllSignsPointToFish said:
Here is the list of salts it contains...it would take a week to find all of the enthalpies of solution for this list of components:

Proprietary Blend of Sodium chloride, Sodium sulfate, Magnesium chloride, Calcium chloride, Potassium chloride, Sodium tetraborate, Strontium chloride, Potassium iodide, Barium chloride, Sodium metavanadate, Zinc sulfate, Nickel chloride, Chromium chloride, Sodium feredetate, Manganese chloride, Hafnium chloride, Cobalt chloride, Lanthanum chloride, Neodymium chloride, Cerium chloride, Silver chloride, Dysprosium chloride, Gadolinium chloride, Ytterbium chloride, Erbium chloride, Scandium chloride, Samarium chloride, Praseodymium chloride, Holmium chloride, Lutetium chloride, Terbium chloride, Europium chloride, Thulium chloride

I found it interesting that it contains lanthanum chloride.
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I used to be a pool guy. Calcium chloride gets very hot when added to water. I saw a video where they showed a guy toss the equivalent of a Big Gulp cup full of water into a 55 gallon drum of calcium chloride and it caught on fire. Not sure about the rest though.
 
jda said:
Google some of the temps that anhydrous salt gets too when mixed with water.
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And it's not just the temp that hurts... anhydrous salts will violently suck the water right out of your skin cells to fuel the reaction to a hydrous form.
And it absolutely feels like fire mixed with lemon-juiced paper cuts... learned that one the hard way in HS Chem class. (Gloves? We don't need any stinking gloves!)
 
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That is a new one, thank you for sharing.
 
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