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Acid vs Lava- Testing Liquids That Melt Everything

Mark Rober

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Acid won

Acid won. It dissolved a turkey leg, melted an iPad, and bored through ice, while lava only charred the turkey and barely affected the iPad or ice. Acid also failed to dissolve plastic toys, but a steamroller and excavator proved more destructive than either lava or acid in later challenges.

  • ๐Ÿ”ฅ Lava charred a turkey leg but left it edible, while acid turned it into a dark sludge.
  • ๐Ÿงช Acid failed to dissolve plastic toys, as their polymers are chemically stable.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฅ A steamroller and a 50-ton excavator were ultimately more destructive than lava or acid.
  • ๐Ÿ’Ž Diamonds and metal bats were largely unaffected by lava and acid, but a laser cut the wood bat.
  • ๐Ÿš— The final car challenge saw acid corrosion fail to stop an engine, while lava stopped a car in seconds.

A man stands between two cars with their hoods open: one has a beaker of green liquid overflowing, the other is engulfed in flames.