Omg, sooo funny! Sulfur Hexafluoride

[Ruffyreborn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZ7...ech-gadget/video-jay-leno-inhales-anti-helium

As the guy in the video says, this gas basically acts oppositely compared to helium. Instead of filtering out all the low vocals, it filters the high pitches in your voice, making your voice very low

 

[Grem]

Nothing like how helium works, but still pretty funny.

 

[Gerry]

Haha, that was awesome, they sounded like demons from a survival horror game XD

 

[Elpon]

Nothing like how helium works, but still pretty funny.

actually, it works exactly like helium, only the opposite. Instead of speeding up sound, it slows it down.

 

[Grem]

actually, it works exactly like helium, only the opposite. Instead of speeding up sound, it slows it down.

Helium affects vocal chords, this gas is a frequency filter.

Only the voice altering effect is the same, the reasoning is different.

 

[Uzor]

What happens if you inhale Helium and that gas at the same time?

 

[Ruffyreborn]

Helium affects vocal chords, this gas is a frequency filter.

Only the voice altering effect is the same, the reasoning is different.

Thats a myth. Helium doesnt affect your vocal cords. Helium is 6 times lighter than air, so sounds moves through it faster.

Sulfur hexafluoride is around 6 times heavier, so sound moving through it is slower.

What happens if you inhale Helium and that gas at the same time?

probably nothing.. Just depends on how much of each you inhale, I suppose. Either that or the first few words out would be high pitched, and the last few low pitched, due to helium being lighter and the SH being heavier

 

[Elpon]

What happens if you inhale Helium and that gas at the same time?

Suffocation maybe?

 

[Rorschach]

...ok where can i get this stuff. I need this now!

ninjar Edit: at the end of this video, the teacher tries helium and sulpher hexa<tab> at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxrT1cute_M&NR=1

 

[Celvantes]

Um... just FYI, SF(6) is toxic.

 

[Tagrineth]

Um... just FYI, SF(6) is toxic.

The scientist on Leno said outright that it isn't

 

[Elpon]

It's not toxic but obviously you shouldn't breathe it in too much because the human body needs air.

And if you check this other youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtYtSDzCcDQ , that little tank of sulfer hexaflouride costs $350.

 

[Ruffyreborn]

Anything is 'toxic' in high enough doses.

Its no more toxic than helium or carbon dioxide.

 

[Fellina]

It's not toxic per se, but special precautions need to be taken when inhaling it. Unlike helium, which is very easily expelled from the lungs, this gas being so very heavy tends to settle down at the bottom after a time. So a short time after inhaling it you actually have to turn yourself upside down for several large breaths in order to expel the gas in your lungs.

 

[Celvantes]

It's not toxic per se, but special precautions need to be taken when inhaling it. Unlike helium, which is very easily expelled from the lungs, this gas being so very heavy tends to settle down at the bottom after a time. So a short time after inhaling it you actually have to turn yourself upside down for several large breaths in order to expel the gas in your lungs.

The winner.

The stuff is used where I work and there are very specific safety restrictions involved. No, it won't kill you instantly, but the stuff is *not* harmless.

 

[Claxton]

Cel works for the government and uses it for interrogation purposes.

 

[Uzor]

Um... just FYI, SF(6) is toxic.

Just a FYI, Oxygen is very poisonous

Hell, the stuff killed roughly 90% of all life in the oceans when it was first created as a poisonous waste product from algae and other species during Earth's earlier period. The ones that survived learned to adapt, and could grow even more advanced.

Either way, pure oxygen is still very dangerous to breathe in large ammounts. The air we breathe contain less then 50% oxygen, but at a level more then 50%, it'll cause damage to the lungs. When diving, oxygen can also cause seizures if breathed for more then a couple of hours.

What about this gas?

edit: searched for it on wikipedia. The gas is actually not toxic in the least. Oxygen is more toxic. And the thing about having to stand upside down in order to expell the gass from your lungs is a rumour, as the gas will be gone from your lungs in a breath or two. The reason its dangerous, just like most other gasses, is because it can cause suffocation.

Hence, Oxygen > SF6 in terms of poisoness and toxic level.

 

[Tristam Green]

Just a FYI, Oxygen is very poisonous

Oxygen is corrosive. See rust and other forms of oxidation.

Anything is 'toxic' in high enough doses.

That includes dark knights :spiteful:

Cel works for the government and uses it for interrogation purposes by making his detainees laugh at his ultra-low voice.

fixed4u

 

[Uzor]

Oxygen is corrosive. See rust and other forms of oxidation.


That includes dark knights :spiteful:


fixed4u

I know what oxygen is. They named it oxygen because they thought all acids contained oxygen. It doesn't change the fact that its deadly in concentrations above 50% at sea level. 50% oxygen will slowly damage your lungs, and the higher the concentration is, the faster it will cause damage to you lungs. I'm well aware of how rusting and oxidation works. Don't make me go more indepth of the process ~.~

 

[Tristam Green]

I know what oxygen is. They named it oxygen because they thought all acids contained oxygen. It doesn't change the fact that its deadly in concentrations above 50% at sea level. 50% oxygen will slowly damage your lungs, and the higher the concentration is, the faster it will cause damage to you lungs. I'm well aware of how rusting and oxidation works. Don't make me go more indepth of the process ~.~

Hell, maybe I shoulda said "oxygen is corrosive, too?" wasn't meant as a pot-shot.