Get a bottle of pure oxygen and open it over a tongue-simulator¹ to see what happens.
People usually use a hot-dog. But with oxygen, even a piece of wood is close enough.
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Siethron@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou know O2 is pure oxygen right? Unless we’re getting into the technicality of if things in there gaseous forms can be licked it’s safe.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Siethron@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The mercury and Gemini space programs had cabins consisting of pure oxygen. And those astronauts were fine.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
You need something else along with the oxygen to cause combustion.
Blemish5236@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I personally have touched 99.96% chemically pure oxygen with my bare hand. Nothing happened.
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i think gasses can be licked, for example - if i put menthol shards into hot cup of water, i can definitely feel it on my tongue if i lick the air above the cup. therefore, lickable