@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 3 months agoAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square67arrow-up1389file-text
arrow-up1389imageAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.com@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square67file-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-square@Eheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•3 months agoThere is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?
minus-square@Depress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-23 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-square@BastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoWhat if we add oxygen absorbers in the jar as well ?
minus-square@HexadecimalSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•3 months agoPersumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.
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