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Why don't glass test tubes corrode, when corrosive acids are poured in it. |
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Answer» Now, laboratory-grade glassware is MOSTLY Borosilicate GLASS (silicon dioxie and boron trioxide). Both of these chemicals are very, very CHEMICALLY INERT. They tend to be quite "content" with their bond configurations, so they generally to not react (to any APPRECIABLE level) with acids. |
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