Acid Throwinging: Vitriol Assault

Acid throwing, additionally called an acid attack, a vitriol attack or vitriolage, is a form of belligerent assault defined as the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill." Perpetrators of these assailments throw acid at their victims, conventionally at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The most mundane types of acid utilized in these assailments are sulfuric and nitric acid. Hydrochloric acid is sometimes utilized, but is much less damaging. The long term consequences of these assailments may include optical incapacitation, as well as perpetual scarring of the face and body,