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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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[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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).

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] glowie@h4x0r.host 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dammit I wanted to breathe in only farts

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