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  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    10 months ago

    Why are you using it as ear drops? Is that safe?

    Fizzing with acids usually means they are reacting with a base. Not sure what base would be in your ear though.

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      10 months ago

      Outer ear infection, I guess most ear drops for this are acetic acid? Dr. recommended it to help improve the ph or something.

    • godzillabacter@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      You’re generalizing a specific phenomenon, and incorrect. Acid-base reactions only very rarely produce gases. The reactions produce heat and water, only in the case of bicarbonate being a base is a gas produced. This is because carbonic acid forms, which spontaneously decays into carbon dioxide. This is not a universal acid-base phenomenon. Soaps should not cause fizzing with vinegar.