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Which legal chemical can best dissolve a human body?
« on: November 02, 2014, 01:09:28 AM »
Im not a troll and im not going to kill somebody, but whats the best legal chemical if you want to dissolve a human body?

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Re: Which legal chemical can best dissolve a human body?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2014, 03:10:37 AM »
I say OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

But how are you going to test?

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Re: Which legal chemical can best dissolve a human body?
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2014, 09:28:28 AM »
The problem is bones, but potassium hydroxide works pretty well.

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Re: Which legal chemical can best dissolve a human body?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2014, 12:25:23 PM »
Im not a troll and im not going to kill somebody, but whats the best legal chemical if you want to dissolve a human body?

Furthermore, what materials could withstand KOH? (To avoid a BrBa situation)

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Re: Which legal chemical can best dissolve a human body?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2014, 02:26:25 PM »
We get this post the day after Halloween
Good grief

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