What happens if you drink a vial of acid?
I know there's a lot of variables here. What kind of acid? How much exactly? What's the pH? I've not thought about the specifics, feel free to explore them. We can probably assume something strong, like hydrochloric acid.
What I know is this:
- it's a vial
- it will be drunk all at once
- the drinker doesn't know it's acid and believes it's something beneficial
- the drinker expects pain and will do their best to keep drinking
Would the drinker outright die? If not, how long would it take? What would happen, precisely, inside their body? What clues would be left for an investigator or a medic to follow? Does it reach the stomach, or the path to it is destroyed beforehand? What would happen inside the stomach, which should have some measure of acid resistance? Is the damage enough to make the acid already present in the stomach "spill" out of it?
I guess my interest is twofold: understanding the process and damage (what happens to oral cavity, esophagus, trachea?), but also the numbers behind it (how much acid should be drunk in this manner to outright kill? How much to die slowly? How much for the injuries to be treatable?).
Many thanks to all who will shed some light on the matter.