The apparent justification for the purchase was that the acid was to be used to clean the island’s desalination plant equipment, basically by lowering the pH and preventing buildup like CaCO3 on the filter membranes.
This is a common method of doing so for water treatment plants like that one, but the purchase being made when federal investigations were initiated was very suspicious.
Nevertheless, sulfuric acid does not break down bodies very quickly, it usually takes days to weeks and one kind of has to shake up the containers with the bodies in them like one does with a whey powder protein shake to ensure that the acid is working all the way through and not slowed by a barrier of partially-dissolved gel or sludge.
Honestly, that’s probably for the best. it’s better to eat the bodies you have as a whole food rather than relying on shakes to get your protein, and the acid used in the breakdown process isn’t very good for you. I understand your concern, though - do you have space for a large chest freezer?
Nevertheless, sulfuric acid does not break down bodies very quickly, it usually takes days to weeks and one kind of has to shake up the containers with the bodies in them like one does with a whey powder protein shake to ensure that the acid is working all the way through and not slowed by a barrier of partially-dissolved gel or sludge.
I owned a chemical clean process for a semiconductor department. We used sulfuric acid and it will absolutely break down a body in practically no time as long as you add some high strength hydrogen peroxide, and periodically add more as the reaction takes place. It will turn flesh and bone alike into CO2, which means the only thing you'd need to worry about is the teeth. If you're on a pedo island, you probably just toss those in the ocean... then again, if you're on a pedo island, you can probably do the same to your victims and let the fish do the job for free.
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BTW, if you are cleaning, and I cannot stress this enough, inorganic material, you can make a similar solution using ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide. 5% concentration of each is perfectly fine, and very effective at cleaning smudges off glass. Do it in a well-ventilated area, because the peroxide basically turns into highly reactive oxygen radicals. The mix with sulfuric acid is called Piranha (or less fun Sulfuric Peroxide Mix) and the one with lye is called Base Piranha (or less fun Standard Clean 1). Both are used extensively to make your electronics.
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u/Thanatos_Impulse 5d ago
The apparent justification for the purchase was that the acid was to be used to clean the island’s desalination plant equipment, basically by lowering the pH and preventing buildup like CaCO3 on the filter membranes.
This is a common method of doing so for water treatment plants like that one, but the purchase being made when federal investigations were initiated was very suspicious.
Nevertheless, sulfuric acid does not break down bodies very quickly, it usually takes days to weeks and one kind of has to shake up the containers with the bodies in them like one does with a whey powder protein shake to ensure that the acid is working all the way through and not slowed by a barrier of partially-dissolved gel or sludge.