Why does the skin turns yellow when nitric acid is spilled on our skin?
atom nhil
2006-02-21 02:06:09 UTC
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One answer:
nikhilcm
2006-02-21 03:39:20 UTC
Concentrated nitric acid dyes human skin yellow on contact, due to interactions with the skin protein keratin. Strangely, these yellow stains turn orange when alkalised.
This test is referred to as Xantho proteic test and used to detect the presence of proteins
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