[TheForge] acid

[Daniel Kretchmar]

Greetings,
          I have just aquired some acid.  I am a science teacher and the 
OSHA liason for my Middle School.  Our school just required that any 
chemical that has not been used in a classroom within the last three
years be disposed of via a Hazardous Waste Disposal Company.  I pretty much 
emptied the cabinets, but there were several unopened bottles that just 
looked too useful so I took them home.  I have now have:
1 gallon of regent grade Sulfuric Acid
1 liter of Nitric acid
3 liters of distilled Acetic Acid,
1 gallon of crystaline of Potassium Chlorate=20
1 gallon of crystaline NaOH  (lye)
1 pint of crystaline Ferric Chloride

Can any suggest a use for these that doesn't go "BOOM"?  I learned alot  of 
those in chemistry class. :)

I know about safe handling of these chemicals thanks to OHSA training.

I have used Nitric Acid for etching in the past and Potassium Chlorate is 
great for homemade fire works.  The lye I can use for leather tanning and 
the Ferric Chloride for dipping my pattern welding into.......

Can anyone recommend a use for the the others or different uses than the 
ones I already mentioned?


Dan Kretchmar
www.irontreeworks.com