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Asking the important questions. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-farted-in-a-jar-and-opened-it-20-years-later-would-it-still-smell-of-farts-78468

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There is a reasonable amount of oxygen in farts? Really?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

What if we add oxygen absorbers in the jar as well ?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Persumebly not but there is oxygen in the air, usually.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Dammit I wanted to breathe in only farts