Well /sci/? Is this person's baby's underwear going to melt?
>>7778917
Yes, and it will corrode the drain, as well.
>>7779003
And the baby
Very yes.
>>7779003
NaOH is benign to uncorroded steel, seemingly.
>>7779037
Are we trying to be funny or are we being serious? I honestly don't understand what really happened to her kid and the underwear. I know that pure lye can give you a slight chemical burn right? I'm not going to answer them. I just thought it was funny/retarded.
>>7779109
What happened is the parent had a pair of underwear go down the drain. The kid is fine as the lye won't be used around him; the parent is considering putting lye down the drain to dissolve the underwear. Lye is good at dissolving cotton because it catalyses hydrolysis reactions and cotton is just a big tangle of cellulose polymer.
>>7779153
Ah that makes sense. Maybe i'll answer them then. Well shit, look at 4chan being helpful.
>>7779153
