Sulphuric acid is considered as the king of chemicals. The prosperity of any country is measured by the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes. Sulphuric acid is, thus, a substance of very great commercial importance as it used practically ine every important industry. This is due to the following properties of sulphuric acid :
(a) acidic nature
(b) oxidising nature
(c) dehydrating nature
(d) sulphonation.
Sulphuric acid has very corresive action on skin because

Options

A. It reacts with proteins
B. It acts as an oxidising agent
C. It acts as a dehydrating agent
D. It acts as a dehydrating agent and absorption of water is highly exothermic

Answer

D