The Death Riddle

Can you figure this out?

“Poor James is dead.
We see his face no more.
For what he thought was H2O,
was H2SO4.”

Logan Paschke
May 8, 2007
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Sulphuric Acid’s compound, ah, chemistry how I will never use you again.
Steve Sanchez
May 8, 2007
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Somehow I knew you were going to get that right, Logan!
Jennifer
May 9, 2007
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I knew it was Sulphuric Acid too!!!!! : ) Except I googled it…ha ha ha
Andreas
May 12, 2007
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There are some H2SO4-jokes in Norwegian around..