BS: How heavy are farts ?

Subject: RE: BS: How heavy are farts ?
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 08:57 AM

Should work for anything expelled from the body.

But -- flatulence isn't gases dissolved in the blood, it's pockets of gas trapped in the gut, sort of an X-0-X-0 type of deal. The gas can come from many sources, including mouth breathing and carbonated drinks (that includes beer). It is usually a combination of gases, including CO2 and that's heavier than air (picture the "smoke" coming off of dry ice).

It's not a simple problem. However, if you breathe enough helium, will you float away, squeaking for help?

Subject: RE: BS: How heavy are farts ?
From: GUEST,SPARTICUS
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 08:36 AM

THE ANSWER MY FRIEND............!

Subject: RE: BS: How heavy are farts ?
From: greg stephens
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 08:31 AM

This is a very interesting question. As a fart would appear to be lighter than air, you might easily suppose that you would get heavier after farting. But say the fart was actually not a gas when inside you, but was actually dissolved in your body fluids. In which case, you would get lighter as it came out of solution
and was expelled, wouldn't you? OI think we need a pair of very large and very accurate scales.

Subject: BS: How heavy are farts ?
From: GUEST,Bloater
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 08:18 AM

Ok, say you are suffering cronic trapped wind;
feeling extremely bloated and uncomfortable.

If you weigh yourself, then manage to release all that troubling wind.

Would you immediately afterwards weigh on the scales again as

less ?

more ?

or exactly the same ?


I suspect there may be some serious science lurking under the surface here..