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Table 3 Categories of chemicals causing HF burns

From: Hydrofluoric acid burns in the western Zhejiang Province of China: a 10-year epidemiological study

Chemicals

Cases

N

Percent (%)

Hydrogen fluoride

6

2.98

HF solution

177

88.06

Mixture

 HF+ sulphuric acid (H2SO4)

10

4.98

 HF+ hydrochloric acid (HCl)

2

0.99

 HF + dimethylamine

1

0.49

 HF + Trichloroethylene

1

0.49

 HF + pentafluoropropanol

1

0.49

 HF+ unknown chemicals

3

1.49