fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 30 days agoAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1imageAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comfossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-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-up2·30 days agoThere is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?
minus-squareHexadecimalSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoPersumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-229 days 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-up3·29 days agoWhat if we add oxygen absorbers in the jar as well ?
There is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?
Persumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.
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 ?