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Elon Musk’s Tunnel Reportedly Oozing With Skin-Burning Chemical Sludge (futurism.com)

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[Eupalinos of Megara appears out of a time portal from ancient Ionia] Wow, you guys must be really good at digging tunnels by now, right?

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

the chemical sludge was filled not only with the commonplace byproducts of sand, silt, and water, but also accelerants used to set the grout to build the tunnels.

Why would a grout accelerant burn people?

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

The Lime in Portland cement.

Linky

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Guessing it is an oxidizer

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cements and other pozzalanic materials also tend to be very alkaline. Industrial dumping of waste concrete can create a huge environmental hazard.

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