As Amended
SEC. 41-29-5. "Dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" defined.
The term "dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" means each and all of the acids, alkalis, and substances named below:
(a) Hydrochloric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized hydrochloric acid (HCl) in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(b) Sulphuric acids and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sulphuric acid (H<2> SO<4>) in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(c) Nitric acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized nitric acid (HNO<3>) in a concentration of five per centum or more;
(d) Carbolic acid (C<6>H<5>OH), otherwise known as phenol, and any preparation containing carbolic acid in a concentration of five per centum or more;
(e) Oxalic acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized oxalic acid (H<2> C<2> O<4>) in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(f) Any salt of oxalic acid, other than cerium oxalate, and any preparation containing any such salt in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(g) Acetic acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized acetic acid (HC<2> H<3> O<2>) in a concentration of twenty per centum or more;
(h) Hypochlorous acid, either free or combined, and any preparation containing the same in a concentration so as to yield ten per centum or more by weight of available chlorine, excluding calx chlorinata, bleaching powder, and chloride of lime;
(i) Potassium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized potassium hydroxide (KOH), including caustic potash and Vienna paste, in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(j) Sodium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sodium hydroxide (NaOH), including caustic soda and lye, in a concentration of ten per centum or more;
(k) Silver nitrate, sometimes known as lunar caustic, and any preparation containing silver nitrate (AgNO<3>) in a concentration of five per centum or more, and
(l) Ammonia water and any preparation yielding free or chemically uncombined ammonia (NH<3>), including ammonium hydroxide and "hartshorn" in a concentration of five per centum or more.
However, the provisions of this article shall not apply to "white arsenic and sal soda."
SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 4981; 1942, Sec. 6823; Laws, 1930, ch. 26.