fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1377arrow-down1imageAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comfossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square67linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-farted-in-a-jar-and-opened-it-20-years-later-would-it-still-smell-of-farts-78468
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoThere is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-22 months ago4% of a fart is oxygen, according to the article, which is enough to react with all of the hydrogen-sulfide, since 1 mole of oxygen is enough to react with more than 1 mole of hydrogen-sulfide (H₂S makes up around 1% of the total volume).
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhat if we add oxygen absorbers in the jar as well ?
minus-squareHexadecimalSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoPersumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.
minus-square𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎@h4x0r.hostlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoDammit I wanted to breathe in only farts
There is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?
4% of a fart is oxygen, according to the article, which is enough to react with all of the hydrogen-sulfide, since 1 mole of oxygen is enough to react with more than 1 mole of hydrogen-sulfide (H₂S makes up around 1% of the total volume).
What if we add oxygen absorbers in the jar as well ?
Persumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.
Dammit I wanted to breathe in only farts