Floating ice insulates the water beneath it, helping prevent most large bodies of water from freezing solid. Source: iStock
As drillers, we use many chemical compounds on a daily basis. Drilling mud, acids and surfactants are all items utilized in the drilling industry. Many of these chemicals can be potentially hazardous to our health. One of the most common chemical compounds we use is tasteless, odorless, colorless and in its pure form can dissolve almost everything on the planet. This chemical is deadly if we breathe it or drink too much of it. What compound am I describing? The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has named this substance “oxidane.” Other names are hydrogen oxide and, in pranks, dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). Its most common name: water.