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As chronicled in the recent "Ask Jinx" thread, mixing ammonia and bleach produces a gaseous chlorine ion that, if inhaled, will result in a nasty, painful death.

I have learned that a hassle-free way to clean out the nasty toilet bowl grime that forms around the waterline is just to pour in a 1/4 cup of bleach. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes and all the grime disappears. Flush it down and you've got a clean toilet bowl for the next few weeks. No muss, no fuss, no scrubbing.

But what happens if I forget to flush and the ammonia in urine mixes with the bleach in the toilet bowl? Will the presence of water result in a different chemical reaction, or will the toxic chlorine gas still be produced?

2NaOCl + 2NH3 + H2O --> ????

 

[Tenguman]

I remember my mother using bleach to clean out the bowl and I would wake up around 10am, take a piss and almost pass out from the fumes.

But I don't think there is enough "purity" in both commercial bleach and urine to actually kill you.

 

[Joe]

OH MAN YOURE FUCKED

 

[Manabanana]

Ok, what if I were to fill someone's toilet with bleach? Like, drain the water and replace it with bleach. I rig the toilet so it doesn't flush, and lock said person in. THAT would kill someone, right?

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Piss is <2% ammonium and retail bleach is <2% actual bleach.

 

[tenchir]

Ok, what if I were to fill someone's toilet with bleach? Like, drain the water and replace it with bleach. I rig the toilet so it doesn't flush, and lock said person in. THAT would kill someone, right?

Is there someone you want to kill?

 

[karasu]

Man I mixed ammonia and bleach at work once, that shit was awful. It was like someone set my eyes on fire and my lungs were made of chili beans.

 

[Felidae_Khrall]

Is there someone you want to kill?

In about three months there will be a Law & Order episode about him.....

 

[Vormund]

:lol What's with some of these topics? Do you want to create a chemical cocktail in someone's toilet so when they take a piss, they blow up?

 

[B'z-chan]

:lol What's with some of these topics? Do you want to create a chemical cocktail in someone's toilet so when they take a piss, they blow up?

That can be arranged. Urine conducts electricity all you would need is a static charge strong enough to light the gas. Very cool idea.

 

[Manabanana]

Shit, you guys figured me out. I'll spill. I work for Leguna. Which mod this technique will be used on, however, will not be told. UNBAN LEGUNA OR GET THE CLEANEST TOILET THIS SIDE OF THE OT.

 

[Phoenix]

LOL, no I'm afraid you're SOL. The concentrations aren't enough to kill someone. They'd have to smell the fumes and sit in them for a considerable amout of time.

Think about it this way, in our litigious society - there would be 50 warnings on bleach bottles (which many use to clean toilets and is in lots of toilet cleaners) if using it near urine were to be fatal.

 

[Miguel]

That can be arranged. Urine conducts electricity all you would need is a static charge strong enough to light the gas. Very cool idea.

Sounds like a job for us...

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Not enough ammonia in urine. Sorry. But if you mix Mr. Clean and regular bleach, it'll clear you sinuses something awful. I can only imagine if they were more concentrated.

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

What's with some of these topics? Do you want to create a chemical cocktail in someone's toilet so when they take a piss, they blow up?

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