Comment on Can I lick it?
marcos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Go ahead and lick pure oxygen. Nothing wrong with that, sure.
You know O2 is pure oxygen right? Unless we’re getting into the technicality of if things in there gaseous forms can be licked it’s safe.
Get a bottle of pure oxygen and open it over a tongue-simulator¹ to see what happens.
People usually use a hot-dog. But with oxygen, even a piece of wood is close enough.
The mercury and Gemini space programs had cabins consisting of pure oxygen. And those astronauts were fine.
Apollo 1 says hi.
You need something else along with the oxygen to cause combustion.
i think gasses can be licked, for example - if i put menthol shards into hot cup of water, i can definitely feel it on my tongue if i lick the air above the cup. therefore, lickable
Siethron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You know O2 is pure oxygen right? Unless we’re getting into the technicality of if things in there gaseous forms can be licked it’s safe.
marcos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Get a bottle of pure oxygen and open it over a tongue-simulator¹ to see what happens.
People usually use a hot-dog. But with oxygen, even a piece of wood is close enough.
Siethron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The mercury and Gemini space programs had cabins consisting of pure oxygen. And those astronauts were fine.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Apollo 1 says hi.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You need something else along with the oxygen to cause combustion.
shneancy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
i think gasses can be licked, for example - if i put menthol shards into hot cup of water, i can definitely feel it on my tongue if i lick the air above the cup. therefore, lickable