While reducing risk, liability, and costs, TERRACAP AN additive provides a safe, simple, and effective means for safely neutralizing a wide variety of industrial and laboratory acid spills. Simply pour and brush TERRACAP AN additive into the spill to quickly eliminate the hazardous characteristics of the spilled acid. TERRACAP AN additive forms a solid precipitate as neutralization proceeds reducing the possibility for the spattering of acidic liquids. TERRACAP AN additive can be used to clean up acids such as:

- Hydrochloric/Muriatic Acid		- Acetic Acid
- Sulfuric Acid		- Oxalic Acid
- Battery Acid		- Mercaptoacetic Acid
- Nitric Acid		- Glycolic Acid
- Chlorosulfonic Acid		- Chromic Acid
- Phosphoric Acid		- Selenic Acid

Reduce Risk of Neutralizing Spilled Acids using a Safe, Effective Method that Produces Minimal Heat, Less Fumes, and No Spatter

TERRACAP AN additive is superior to traditional methods such as sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate which are relatively slow, generate significant heat, sometimes spatter violently, and tend to aerosolize the acid gas due to the formation of carbon dioxide gas. In some cases with carbonates, the salts formed during neutralization can be extremely toxic. In addition, absorbed acids using dry powder carbonates may not be completely neutralized and remain corrosive. Carbonates are not typically recommended for neutralizing concentrated acids.

TERRACAP AN additive offers significant advantages over products such as acid compatible booms, pads, and wipers in that many of these products do not actually neutralize the acid, but instead simply mop up the liquid acid. Booms, wipers, and pads generate a significant amount of solid waste and must be treated as hazardous. TERRACAP AN additive reduces the total amount of solid wastes and treats the hazard at the scene instead of just mopping it up, packaging it up, and passing it on as a risk for someone else to deal with.

TERRACAP AN additive is ideal for these application areas: car/truck batteries, electric cars/vehicles, forklift batteries, marine operations, back-up power batteries, power control systems, industrial labs, school labs, medical labs, transportation accidents/incidents, and manufacturing facilities.

How the Technology Works

The basic technology is a one step process using the non-toxic, nonhazardous TERRACAP AN additive. When applied to a spill, the TERRACAP AN additive's amorphous silica system reacts with the spilled acid and begins precipitating into a solid residue within seconds after application.

Acids, such as hydrochloric or sulfuric, react with alkaline TERRACAP AN additive to form polymeric networks of inorganic silica as neutralization occurs. The end product is a non-hazardous matrix of amorphous silicon oxides (sand) and the neutralized acid anion, e.g. chloride or sulfate. After mixing the appropriate amount of TERRACAP AN additive with the spilled acid, the solid residue will turn to a light purple color when the residue is approximately a neutral pH.

DO NOT USE TERRACAP AN ADDITIVE OR ANY PRODUCT CONTAINING SILICA TO NEUTRALIZE HYDROFLUORIC (HF) ACID. SILICA CAN REACT WITH HF TO FORM HIGHLY POISONOUS (SILICON TETRAFLOURIDE (SIF4)) GAS.