Thursday, February 12, 2009

Feb 12: A nasal spray/spontaneous combustion question?

It's allergy season and you're pretty congested so you go buy some nose spray. You're also pretty cheap, so you get a mystery brand you have never heard of. On the label, there is a warning that reads "Warning: May cause spontaneous combustion". Like a fool you take the spray anyway. It clears your nasal passages, and you enjoy this fact for five minutes, after which you blow up. If the nose spray caused the explosion, was it really "spontaneous" combustion?

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Yahoo answers:

No, it would be regular combustion as the nasal spray was the fuel.

yes coz it was self ignited, the nose spray didnt ignite the blaze, it just contributed to the reaction so its still spontaneous combustion

Nope, because there is a known external cause. But hey, at least you get five minutes of heavenly breathing....Probably a good time to switch brands.

Yes, it is still spontaneous...

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