🧵 Is it safe to eat BURNT matches?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:03:23 UTC No. 16063069
I was lighting a candle this morning and out of curiosity decided to bite the burnt match when it cooled down to see how it tasted. I liked the taste (rather salty), but spit it out in case of poison. I looked up information on whether matches are toxic, but only found results for non burnt ones. From what I learned eating a few match heads is safe for an adult as a treat, but this doesn’t take into account chemical changes that may result from combustion. Can anyone speak to the safety of this practice?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:11:05 UTC No. 16063089
>>16063069
>From what I learned eating a few match heads is safe for an adult as a treat
>as a treat
real high-iq discussion you guys are having here.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:11:55 UTC No. 16063092
>>16063089
>as a treat
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:13:17 UTC No. 16063095
>>16063092
Get ya treats, get ya meats, get ya... Cheeks.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:56:54 UTC No. 16063182
>>16063069
I looked it up, you shouldn't eat it
the product is a desiccant
there are no upsides, not even one
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:57:53 UTC No. 16063185
>>16063182
he liked the taste. doesn't that count as upside? I mean as a treat.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:06:58 UTC No. 16063193
>>16063185
His brain most likely desired the char of the matchstick over the product of the burned red phosphorous, especially as he described the taste as "rather salty"
he can char up something on a grill. or burn a clean piece of wood on his stove and brush the burnt pieces over his next dish. I can even recommend doing it with cooked fish
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:20:57 UTC No. 16063219
>>16063182
if that's the case then why do doctors recommend you eat eight matchheads per day?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:54:16 UTC No. 16063509
>>16063069
Safety matches are made of KClO3/KClO4 (mostly; it is sweet because they sometimes add sugar or other things as a fuel and generally additives such as Sb2S5, but after burning it is coal). The friction pad is made of red phosphorous. This creates Armstrong's mixture.
2 KClO3 -> KCl + 3O2
P4 + 5O2 -> P4O10
(if I understood correctly)
P4O10: I have found no immediate warnings, but it includes the precautionary statement P310 (immediately call poison center). Not important at the doses on the match, but maybe you shouldn't eat the friction pad. Whatever...
KCl: LD50 = 2.5g/kg, so you should be safe unless you make matches a regular meal.
Anyone interested in calculating the enthalpy released upon burning? I am too lazy but would suggest this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 23:14:45 UTC No. 16063784
>>16063509
I have question. Can you make graphene string? Is it better than spider web?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 23:18:45 UTC No. 16063794
gasoline smells nice for some people but it does not mean that we should drink it. I guess it will be okay if you taste it but do spit it.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Mar 2024 23:22:28 UTC No. 16063801
>>16063794
No tasting WILL kill you
Trust me my dad is a car expert
🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 9 Mar 2024 00:27:19 UTC No. 16063900
>>16063784
Me? No. Harry Potter? Yes.
Depends.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Mar 2024 01:46:18 UTC No. 16064039
Put them in stale coffee to improve taste. Also helps repel mosquitos after you consume.