fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAsking the important questions.lemmy.dbzer0.comfossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-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-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agoI guess it dependson how you store it? Yes, funny, but methane falls apart if exposed to UV light. Then again, glass blocks most UV…
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agoWhat? This isn’t even remotely true. Standard glass blocks half of UV at best (UVB), and it’s the less harmful half.
minus-squareMasterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agomethane does not have a smell. most hydrocarbons don’t. that’s why they put smelly stuff (mostly thiols, which are very smelly sulphur compounds) into butane, gasoline, etc.
I guess it dependson how you store it?
Yes, funny, but methane falls apart if exposed to UV light. Then again, glass blocks most UV…
What? This isn’t even remotely true. Standard glass blocks half of UV at best (UVB), and it’s the less harmful half.
methane does not have a smell. most hydrocarbons don’t. that’s why they put smelly stuff (mostly thiols, which are very smelly sulphur compounds) into butane, gasoline, etc.