RE: [CH] Capsaicin

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>
> > > a  substance doesn't have to be an acid to be caustic
> >
> > Actually, a substance can't be both acid and caustic.
>
> Indeed - caustic refers to an alkali !  rather the opposite,
> so to speak, of
> an acid ;-)

Ah contraire!

caus·tic (kô'st?k)
adj.
Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical
action.
Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting. See synonyms at sarcastic.
Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion: “Most
of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity” (Scott Turow).
n.

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> Fortunately, capsacin
> is neither.

Fortunately.  Probably wouldn't care for it was much if it were.  ;-)

Riley

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