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Suggest Effects Of Nitric Acid On Lungs
Hello Sir, today in the laboratorty one of my colleague was preparing her sample and suddenly heavy amount of HNO3 gas is found to be coming out from the heated sample. I got myself out of the room but not before handing him the towel which took sometimes like 5 seconds. Is there any danger to my lungs or other body parts?
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
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I can understand your concern.
Chemical fumes can damage lungs and airways. This is seen with either prolonged exposure (hours) or heavy exposure.
Since the duration of exposure is very less (5 seconds), no need to worry much for lung damage.
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I can understand your concern.
Chemical fumes can damage lungs and airways. This is seen with either prolonged exposure (hours) or heavy exposure.
Since the duration of exposure is very less (5 seconds), no need to worry much for lung damage.
But
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