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Do you know the jack-o'-lantern?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:15 am
by raymond723
Jack-o'-lantern isn't a mischief by ghost .Actually, it is a common chemical reaction in the natural world.Concentration of white phosphorus and potassium hydroxide, generated a stinky fish-flavored gas - phosphine. Phosphine can have spontaneous combustion in the air,then the jack-o'-lantern come into being.Human and animal body contains a lot of phosphorus, a generation after the death of decomposed phosphine,it is the factory which produce the jack-o'-lantern.In the field, whether day or night, have cropped up phosphine. We cann't see the jack-o'-lantern because the sunligh is very strong during the day.
You must pay attention when doing experiments
hosphine is toxic,and very easy to blast.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:55 am
by Argonian Thief
Well the answer to your question is "no" but thank you for sharing
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:04 am
by Xandax
I know him - I call him Phill though :laugh:
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:08 am
by DWEEB_33
seems like this is why people think of ghosts as white gassy beings...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:20 pm
by Argonian Thief
I think of ghosts as many things actually.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:55 pm
by DWEEB_33
well in stories ghosts are usually described as white/yellow phosphorous beings.
this could be why.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:54 am
by Demortis
So ghosts explode?!:speech::mischief::mischief: Sounds like someone could have fun with that one.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:31 pm
by penguin_king
well.. ghosts... uhhh. some ghosts explode...
*fails to provide evidence*
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:11 pm
by Moonbiter
A "stinky fish-flavored gas - phosphine."???? Sounds like my kid brother. Must be written by him as well, as he had a jack'o'lantern painted on the back of his leather jacket back in the 80s.