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- LemurHorde, on 10/12/2007, -4/+95diggboredmerlin is right except for the "lighter then gas" part. My dad told me a funny story about why you shouldn't inhale sulfur hexafluoride. He and his some of his coworkers were goofing around one day and thought it would be fun to breathe in some sulfur hexafluoride because it lowers your pitch significantly. Well they took turns inhaling some, but eventually one of the guys inhales too much and he starts gasping for breath and suffocating. The guy starts trying to pound his chest a la Heimlich, but that doesn't work, so my dad and his co-workers grabbed the dude by the ankles and turned him upside down. That cleared his lungs so he could breathe. The guy almost had a Darwin award though.
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60I'm getting an error from that blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJTq2xQiQ0&eurl= Direct link to video - diggboredmerlin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33Also a note, if you breathe in Sulfur hexafluoride, it will make your voice deeper, opposite of Helium. But, since Sulfur hexafluoride is lighter then gas, it will stay in your lungs longer and you risk not getting enough oxygen.
- LemurHorde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Tell me when you get one. I've always wanted to be the first to report a Darwin award.
- unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boit, too bout, tobut, blah..
- rayman901, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23that's getting old, dude...
digg me down - david76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Video of Steve Spangler demonstrating the contrasting affects of He vs SF6 on the voice.
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000266 - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I was gonna digg you down, an then I tried it myself... Damn you!
- lazydrumhead, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15@lemurhorde
from wikipedia
"A myth exists that SF6 is too heavy for the lungs to expel unassisted, and that after inhaling SF6, it is necessary to bend over completely at the waist to allow the excess gas to "spill" out of the body. In fact, the lungs mix gases very effectively and rapidly, such that SF6 would be purged from the lungs within a breath or two. In general, dense, odourless gases in confined areas present the hazard of suffocation."
busted. - TheBigBrother, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Wikipedia:
A myth exists that SF6 is too heavy for the lungs to expel unassisted, and that after inhaling SF6, it is necessary to bend over completely at the waist to allow the excess gas to "spill" out of the body.
still, i want a freaking glass swimming pool out of that stuff - JorgeGonzalez, on 10/12/2007, -14/+26@LemurHorder, why didn't they give him some helium to balance him back out to normal?
- jivemasta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11You couldn't swim in it. It is still less dense than water. If you had a room full of it, it might feel wierd to move around in it since the gas would resist the movement more than air would.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12@Tricky
"Our science teacher breathed in a bit of radon. It made his voice deeper, and to get it out of his lungs he stood on his head and breathed."
Did he do that deliberately, or was it by accident?
That can't be too good for a person.
Somehow, I get the feeling that a person who would deliberately breathe in radon gas has no business teaching anything.
And if he did it accidentally, while in a lab, then his understanding of safety procedures around laboratories is questionable, and he has no business teaching.
You might want to ask if your school has any insurance to cover you when you are in the lab. - diggboredmerlin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@LemurHorde
Ahh, thanks for the catch, i meant to say, Denser then air....proofreading FTW
Because it is heavier then air, when you inhale it, it sits at the bottom of your lungs...no good. - diggit128, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@Sethwm2
glad it made your day.. whatever floats your boat - deeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride
- thebman990, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My science teacher inhaled some SF6. He sounded like Satan. It was pretty awesome.
- theRIAA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6its hexacool!
- Mosatii, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@JorgeGonzalez
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=will+it+blend&search=Search
Blendtec - roryy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Where can I get some of this stuff? Haha.
- Tricky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Our science teacher breathed in a bit of radon. It made his voice deeper, and to get it out of his lungs he stood on his head and breathed.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@JorgeGonzalez -
http://www.willitblend.com/ - JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3JorgeGonzalez: Started out from a kick ass blender infomercial where they blended marbles and an aluminum can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend%3F - Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ummmm... This is sweet. I am so happy this came up on the main page. This made my day
- ncurses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride it can be made by exposing sulfur to fluorine gas, and then heating and treating with sodium hydroxide.
- jivemasta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Also, missquote of the wikipedia.
"A myth exists that SF6 is too heavy for the lungs to expel unassisted, and that after inhaling SF6, it is necessary to bend over completely at the waist to allow the excess gas to "spill" out of the body. In fact, the lungs mix gases very effectively and rapidly, such that SF6 would be purged from the lungs within a breath or two. In general, dense, odourless gases in confined areas present the hazard of suffocation." - AeonTorpor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So THAT'S how they do it on Stargate!!!
- daftcain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4toy boat toy boat toy boit
- Brandondork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sulfur hexafluoride is the most potent greenhouse gas that it has evaluated, with a global warming potential of 22,200 times that of CO2 over a 100 year period... that boat is floating on the death of us all
- dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4im going to show david copperfield a thing or two with this
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You could also breathe in Xenon -- the heaviest noble gas element.
My chemistry teacher breathed it in accidently while working as an electrical technician. They apparently use the gas in transformer boxes .. or maintenance boxes (not sure, but some kind of box), and he stuck his head in to do some work and breathed in the xenon gas at the bottom without realizing it and he was surprised when his voice suddenly sounded like barry white.. - kixxster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2except I was expecting an actual toy boat. technically, this is just a tinfoil box. I'd like to see an actual toy boat float on this stuff.
Still a cool vid. - JorgeGonzalez, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Someone clue me in on this.
- OnAnyMouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Greenhouse gas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, SF6 is the most potent greenhouse gas that it has evaluated, with a global warming potential of 22,200 times that of CO2 over a 100 year period (for countries reporting their emissions to the UNFCCC, a GWP of 23,900 for SF6 is used as it was decreted at the third Conference of the Parties: GWP used in Kyoto protocol).[2] However, because its mixing ratio in the atmosphere is lower than that of CO2 (about 4 ppt in 1990 versus 365 ppm),[3] its contribution to global warming is accordingly low. - EgyptianVicker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4SO COOL!
- achoo5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Noble gasses are also called inert gasses because they don't react chemically. So radon (and xenon) should not be poisonous. (As long as the isotope is stable.)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"that's getting old, dude...
digg me down"
So is "digg me down". - nepawoods, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You could do this with helium and ordinary air. The helium would have to be in a sealed container, like an inverted fish tank. Then have a smaller "tub" of air sitting inside it, in which you can float the boat. A bit trickier to pull off, but helium is a lot cheaper than SF6.
- diktator279, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My farts have the same effect
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -3/+3I never thought it was funny.
- nonchallant0819, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0This is a great story... found this one through http://www.google.com
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http://www.TopNotchCarpentry.com - IzeasGT, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There's a gas with that much molar mass? 146.06 g/mol? Wow.
PV=nRT - SuperBTZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2WITCHCRAFT!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4great, now I know what gas to fill my house with once the SWAT team accidentally raids my super-sealed house with automatic closing doors. Too bad they won't have any oxygen bottles and mask like me.
- nubnub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"Ship swims on gas"
- AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Its been old for a long time now...
- VAXcat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0 ***** - turbulent mixing from breathing will prevent the SF6 from pooling in your lungs. Even in the video, the guy had to cover the container while he filled it to keep turblent mixing from causing the SF6 to leak away and be diluted.
- VAXcat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0 It would be a trip to make a 20% O2/ 80%SF6 mixture...you could breath that, but it would feel very strange to move through due to the increased density over normal air.
- stevecole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0We're doomed. All the world is nearly ankle-deep in sulfur hexafluoride due to past production. And production rates are climbing. Beginning 2008, don't fall asleep on the ground; you won't wake up.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Your mom's farts.
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