fuming acid

The acid tank farm now provides a safe environment for storing strong and fuming acids.

On each side was a dish of vegetables, one containing thistles and burdocks, and the other fuming acid.

Some fell prey to rampages by smaller Martian machines, while others melted under hasty application of fuming acids.

These types of goods can range from those which are highly dangerous (such as explosives, flammables and fuming acids) to everyday products such as paints, solvents and pesticides found in the home and at work.

While the pure acid tends to give off white fumes when exposed to air, acid with dissolved nitrogen dioxide gives off reddish-brown vapors, leading to the common name "red fuming acid" or "fuming nitric acid".

This second group may be divided into a-barbaloins, obtained from Barbados 'Aloe', and reddened in the cold, and b-barbaloins, obtained from Socotrine and Zanzibar 'Aloe', reddened by ordinary nitric acid only when warmed or by fuming acid in the cold.