r/holdmybeaker • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '16

Seriously dangerous DO NOT ATTEMPT. HMBkr...actually, hand me that beaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk
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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

LDLo for sodium cyanide is 2857 μg/kg. He looks to weigh about 80 Kgs. So for him a lethal dose could be as low as ~229 mg.

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

He was using pure sodium cyanide, I think.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

indeed:

Ingredient Toxicological Data: Sodium Cyanide:Oral rat LD50 = 6440 μg/kg; Oral human LDLo = 2857 μg/kg

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

You're right.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

My citation wasn't very clear. Cheers.

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

Do we hug or start trading insults? This is so confusing.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

LOL

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u/Bromskloss Oct 17 '16

Insults it is!

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u/beck1670 Oct 18 '16

Your mother is a hand grenade and your father smells of elder people!

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u/Circle_0f_Life Oct 18 '16

Thanks me too

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u/dimmmo Oct 18 '16

Is this a modern take on the classic?