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Best Ionic Substance For Hot Packs - Coggle Diagram
Best Ionic Substance For Hot Packs
Magnesium Chloride
Enthalpy Value
-155
Costs
Ranges from $5 for a small 250 gram bag up to $119-$120 for 20kg to 25kg bulk bags, depending on the brand and purity grade.
Availability
Toxicity
Sodium Carbonate
Enthalpy Value
-28.12
Costs
For 1kg to 5kg packs generally ranges from $4.40 to $40 for the standard or food/natural grade options.
Availability
Toxicity
Potassium Hydroxide
Enthalpy Value
-57.52
Costs
Ranges from $0.0032 to $0.0594 per gram, depending on purity and quality.
Availability
It is widely available across Australia from Chemical suppliers, and specialty soap making shops.
The company Sydney Solvents provide the salt for purchase. Supplies white flake potassium hydroxide in 4kg and 17kg containers.
It is sold in flakes, pellets, or liquid solutions with purities ranging from 90% to 99.5%, in sizes from 1kg up to bulk quantities.
Westlab Australia provides laboratory reagent grade pellets and flakes in various sizes.
Toxicity
A highly corrosive alkali that causes severe chemical burns and liquefaction necrosis upon contact with living tissue.
Direct contact with solid flakes, pellets, or concentrates solutions causes deep, penetrating skin burns, ulcers, and permanent eye damage or vision loss.
Swallowing the salt causes severe burns to the mouth throat, and stomach. Symptoms include intense abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, and shock.
Breathing in dust, mists or aerosols irritates the respiratory tracts, leading to coughing, sore throat, and chemical pneumontis.