blood relation with FeCl3

[vedmecum]

yesterday my friend gave me a beautiful cut on my palm and as nature's rule blood .... my teacher advised me to apply FeCl3 an it really works . i don; know how ? please suggest me an appropriate ans .

 

thanks:eyebrow:

[Mokele]

According to the MSDS of that chemical, it's corrosive and painful, so it's probably not a good idea to apply to wounds. The clotting effect is probably just due to the powdery nature of the substance giving the platelets something to hold onto and form a clot faster.

[vedmecum]

thanks

And i don't think so that was because of adsorption because then any finely divided powder (if accepted by body immunity ) can act as blood coagulant . is it so ?

[Mokele]

Yep, pretty much any sort of powder will help clot blood. Or even non-powders that have enough absorbancy to draw out the fluid and leave a mass of platelets to start the clot. That's why little scraps of toilet paper stop the bleeding from shaving cuts.

[John Cuthber]

It's also fairly acidic so it may goagulate proteins in the blood.

[vedmecum]

i think it is not because of acidic nature of FeCl3 because i added to drop of dil. HCl to 5 drops of blood and i hadn't observed any change .