SF6 Fun

[Rubycon]

The opposite of breathing helium (higher pitch) is sucking down a balloon of sulfur hexafluoride!

Hilarity insues...

 

[JohnCU]

wow didn't know it did that

we have SF6 in some of the breakers at work, maybe i should go suck on one of them

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
wow didn't know it did that

we have SF6 in some of the breakers at work, maybe i should go suck on one of them

Make sure they are off the line so you don't get snuffed. :laugh:

 

[Jeff7]

Mix helium and SF6.

!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Mix helium and SF6.

!!!!!!!!!!!

Easier to drink water.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Easier to drink water.

Easier sure, but not nearly as fun or entertaining.


And now, for my next trick!
I shall drink this ordinary glass of water!!!


*clap*


*clap*


Booooooooo.

 

[JohnCU]

SF6 + He = H2O? what?

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
SF6 + He = H2O? what?

Um... stick to the non-geeky threads.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: JohnCU
SF6 + He = H2O? what?

Um... stick to the non-geeky threads.

... i'm a geek but not a chemistry geek.

 

[edro]

I would like to try some before I karaoke Barry White.

 

[IronWing]

Otherwise known as Nike gas, the "air" in Air Nikes. I tried to start an internet rumor that the stuff was better than whippets for a good buzz but it never caught on. I was hoping there would be kids out there having to explain to their parents why they punched holes in their $150 sneakers.

 

[spidey07]

This is exactly what happened when we huffed freon (or whatever it was you refilled your car AC with) in the 80s.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: spidey07
This is exactly what happened when we huffed freon (or whatever it was you refilled your car AC with) in the 80s.

So that's what happened to you.

Auto A/C (pre '94 would be dichlorodifluromethane - R12). Freon was the DuPont trademarked name. Freon is a very cool name.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: spidey07
This is exactly what happened when we huffed freon (or whatever it was you refilled your car AC with) in the 80s.

WTF?

LMAO

 

[silverpig]

I've heard of this a lot, but I'm still scared shitless of inhaling a molecule with 6 fluorine atoms on it.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: silverpig
I've heard of this a lot, but I'm still scared shitless of inhaling a molecule with 6 fluorine atoms on it.

sulfer..flourine..

neither one would be something i'd want to inhale.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Originally posted by: silverpig
I've heard of this a lot, but I'm still scared shitless of inhaling a molecule with 6 fluorine atoms on it.

What's a bunch of free radicals to yah?

 

[Xecuter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWjR8r_Uvc

 

[KLin]

Hey what happens when you inhale bleach and ammonia? Can someone give that try?











(just kidding, that combination will KILL YOU.)

 

[theMan]

its actually really dangerous because its so dense, it can just sit in your lungs and suffocate you in certain situations. also, as others have said, the S's and F 's scare the hell out of me.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: spidey07
This is exactly what happened when we huffed freon (or whatever it was you refilled your car AC with) in the 80s.

WTF?

LMAO

O_O I thought you would die if you breathed that stuff.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Hmm...seems cool. Wouldn't try it though.

 

[Jeff7]

MSDS for SF6 says that it's inert, and doesn't present a health risk besides depriving someone of oxygen - the same as helium might do.

It actually sounds fairly safe.

NFPA Ratings:
Health = 1
Flammability = 0
Reactivity = 0

HMIS Ratings:
Health = 0
Flammability = 0
Reactivity = 0

Sounds quite benign.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
MSDS for SF6 says that it's inert, and doesn't present a health risk besides depriving someone of oxygen - the same as helium might do.

It actually sounds fairly safe.

NFPA Ratings:
Health = 1
Flammability = 0
Reactivity = 0

HMIS Ratings:
Health = 0
Flammability = 0
Reactivity = 0

Sounds quite benign.

Well, if it displaced too much O2...

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Well, if it displaced too much O2...

Then it would be no different than inhaling lots of helium.

Or water.