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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (12 articles)
Date: Jan 25, 2013 01:50 UTC
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Nitric acid is aqueous, so how can it be flammable (in the Tripoli story)
Possibly someone who KNOWS told the reporter that it's an oxidizer and at
certain concentrations can cause combustion in contact with combustible
materials....and the reporter took the short root to "it's flammable".