| From: | "Like, dude, where's the firefight?" <MURRAYMD@******.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | Willie Pete on my feet!!! Aaarrrggghhh!!! |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Apr 93 22:09:55 CET |
>oxygen to burn, not generic "air". Is there enough oxygen in the blood to
>keep phosphorous burning?
The last time I checked generic air had about 21% of it made up of
oxygen. That's enough for Phosphorous. Matches are made from phos.on a
small stick that has a thin coating of wax over the phos. When you strike
a match you are actually scraping away the wax and exposing the phos. to
the air. Roughly 3-5 years ago a railway tanker carrying phosphorous
overturned in a town real close here to Dayton. That phosphorous burned
for days.
I wouldn't think that the oxygen found in the blood would be enough
for it to burn too quickly. Keep in mind that the O2 carried in the blood
is bonded to the iron in the hemoglobin.
>Now that I've asked the questoin, I recall that a man with WP on his arm
>could jump in a lake. The burning would increase as the oxygen on the lake
>fanned the fuel, but would suffocate soon before more oxygenated water could
>replace it.
Huh?
>I am sick right now, so pardon my rambling
All right, we'll forgive you for now. :)
>J Roberson
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