So I just finished a chemistry lab and I was washing out a beaker that had NaOH in it when I inhaled a bit of the stuff in the air. It tasted weird and burned for a few seconds but 15 minutes later at the dining hall and I feel fine, except for a slight weird feeling, but I suspect a placebo, because theres no pain. I decided not to drink soda just to be sure, but should I be worried at all?
No you're fine
T. Biochemist
According to WebMD youve been dead for 3 hours rip.
You're fine. Sodium Hydroxide is a strong base. You inhaled it, it didn't even irritate your mucous membranes as it broke down into (wait for it)... Sodium, oxygen and monoatomic hydrogen.
It's the H20 you got to be careful with. Fish shit in it.
naoh is harmless
My friend had the same thing happen and eventually he died.