charaunderground
* Let justice be done.
- Nov 29, 2024
- 143
TL;DR: Perhaps be careful if you try this?
(Resource perhaps isn't the best flair, but I'm not certain of a better option.)
I ordered citric acid powder to test the method of that + baking soda to make mass amounts of CO2, as there's been at least one successful CTB with it, and a large amount as opposed to minor buildup can induce unconsciousness in seconds rather than minutes.
I added 2tbsp (~30ml) of each into a ziplock bag plush about 4tbsp (~60ml) total of water. It bubbled for a bit, and when the reaction slowed, I perhaps erred. I thought I could try breathing it to see if the CO2 amount directly could make me dizzy, and since I was holding the bag in my hands, if I felt sick or passed out or whatever, I'd just drop the bag and be fine.
I don't know if it was a result of the CA specifically or the proximity or what (because the smell of the CA alone was "sharp" to me), but breathing it in was physically painful. I don't mean like "panic response" pain, because as a teen I did impulsively just try to slap a bag over my head to CTB, I mean the same sharp sensation you get of inhaling pool water by accident or shooting soda out of your nose or whatever else. Mind, it was no longer bubbling, so this wasn't an issue of that, and while it was "close" to my face, it was over 1ft out.
Luckily, there was no horrible chemical burn or anything. It was just for a few seconds. I did get vaguely dizzy after the fact and have a mild headache, but the immediate pain and the 0-100 escalation ensured I didn't retry.
Perhaps someone will have better luck with, say, putting it in a large trash bag as a test so they're not as close to the source, but that was legitimately jarring as I expected CO2 related pain, not "you just breathed in chlorine water" pain. CA itself may also be the issue because, as I said, just smelling that itself was somewhat uncomfortable.
(Resource perhaps isn't the best flair, but I'm not certain of a better option.)
I ordered citric acid powder to test the method of that + baking soda to make mass amounts of CO2, as there's been at least one successful CTB with it, and a large amount as opposed to minor buildup can induce unconsciousness in seconds rather than minutes.
I added 2tbsp (~30ml) of each into a ziplock bag plush about 4tbsp (~60ml) total of water. It bubbled for a bit, and when the reaction slowed, I perhaps erred. I thought I could try breathing it to see if the CO2 amount directly could make me dizzy, and since I was holding the bag in my hands, if I felt sick or passed out or whatever, I'd just drop the bag and be fine.
I don't know if it was a result of the CA specifically or the proximity or what (because the smell of the CA alone was "sharp" to me), but breathing it in was physically painful. I don't mean like "panic response" pain, because as a teen I did impulsively just try to slap a bag over my head to CTB, I mean the same sharp sensation you get of inhaling pool water by accident or shooting soda out of your nose or whatever else. Mind, it was no longer bubbling, so this wasn't an issue of that, and while it was "close" to my face, it was over 1ft out.
Luckily, there was no horrible chemical burn or anything. It was just for a few seconds. I did get vaguely dizzy after the fact and have a mild headache, but the immediate pain and the 0-100 escalation ensured I didn't retry.
Perhaps someone will have better luck with, say, putting it in a large trash bag as a test so they're not as close to the source, but that was legitimately jarring as I expected CO2 related pain, not "you just breathed in chlorine water" pain. CA itself may also be the issue because, as I said, just smelling that itself was somewhat uncomfortable.
