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-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI guess it dependson how you store it? Yes, funny, but methane falls apart if exposed to UV light. Then again, glass blocks most UV…
minus-squareMasterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 months agomethane does not have a smell. most hydrocarbons don’t. that’s why they put smelly stuff (mostly thiols, which are very smelly sulphur compounds) into butane, gasoline, etc.
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoWhat? This isn’t even remotely true. Standard glass blocks half of UV at best (UVB), and it’s the less harmful half.
I guess it dependson how you store it?
Yes, funny, but methane falls apart if exposed to UV light. Then again, glass blocks most UV…
methane does not have a smell. most hydrocarbons don’t. that’s why they put smelly stuff (mostly thiols, which are very smelly sulphur compounds) into butane, gasoline, etc.
What? This isn’t even remotely true. Standard glass blocks half of UV at best (UVB), and it’s the less harmful half.