How come acid doesn’t eat through glass like it does everything else?
In: Chemistry
glass is just heated silicate (sand). So it’s a ceramic. Most acids corrosive properties don’t interact to the same extent with ceramics as they do with organic tissue or even most metals
As to why? The molecular structure of glass is just less reactive. SiO2 in a heated and cooled crystalline form is physically fragile but chemically very stable. This has it’s pros and cons from a material science standpoint. A more brittle structure, but one that happens to be less reactive with harsher acids.. Now if you’re going the breaking bad route and we’re trying to get flexible, I suppose there are some plastic options on the table
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