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Coke is used to clean a toilet and not flush it. To clean a toilet, generally some acid or detergent is needed. Effectiveness of Coke being used for this purpose shows its acidic nature and its ability to dissolve the material on which it is applied.
Forget about coke and water! The real danger is dihydrogen monoxide.
Citric Acid will eat metal, which is why liquids like orange and lime juice are not stored in metal containers.
Hmm, results would be different if iron (not steel) nails would be used.
I'd be interested to see if raw phosphoric acid has much effect on nails. I'd also be interested to see if it's at all possible to dissolve a nail in coke - perhaps by heating the coke, agitating it, and using vast quantities over a long time?
I imagine it is possible so long as the nail is made of something prone to corrosion, but I'm not so sure it would be from the ingredients in the Coke as much as the exposure to water.
Hmm, results would be different if iron (not steel) nails would be used.
"To illustrate that, the email points out that Coke can be used to clean a toilet, help remove a rusty bolt, or remove blood from a highway accident." Yeah well why would anybody believe that if a soda can be used in such ways that it is also bad for you? I mean I flush the toilet with water! With WATER! And it removes most traces of excrement... Arg, it must be bad for you!
Coke is used to clean a toilet and not flush it. To clean a toilet, generally some acid or detergent is needed. Effectiveness of Coke being used for this purpose shows its acidic nature and its ability to dissolve the material on which it is applied.
Generally, yes.
>and its ability to dissolve the material on which it is applied
(Bio)chemistry is a bit more complicated than that. But anyway, if you have calcium or similar waterproof stalagmites in your intestines, you'd better get rid of those asap.
"To illustrate that, the email points out that Coke can be used to clean a toilet, help remove a rusty bolt, or remove blood from a highway accident." Yeah well why would anybody believe that if a soda can be used in such ways that it is also bad for you? I mean I flush the toilet with water! With WATER! And it removes most traces of excrement... Arg, it must be bad for you!
Coke is used to clean a toilet and not flush it. To clean a toilet, generally some acid or detergent is needed. Effectiveness of Coke being used for this purpose shows its acidic nature and its ability to dissolve the material on which it is applied.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Coke is used to clean a toilet and not flush it. To clean a toilet, generally some acid or detergent is needed. Effectiveness of Coke being used for this purpose shows its acidic nature and its ability to dissolve the material on which it is applied.
Forget about coke and water! The real danger is dihydrogen monoxide.
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It can also be used to clean battery terminals among other things. But then again, vinegar is a fairly common cleaning agent: Baking soda and salt are fairly effective as well. I've used salt and lemon juice to clean tarnish off of copper: Toothpaste to clean the tarnish off of silver jewelry or shine up gold. None of these are viewed as bad or unhealthy in the doses we tend to consume them in. Vegetable oils and wax…
It always astonnished me that cellular chemistr ca produce this without selfdestruction.