GD Chemists is this legit ?

Minusorange · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:52

Spoilered for those who are afraid of seeing things they can't unsee and are a little sensitive

TLDW - Dude comes into contact with some Sulfuric Hydroflouric acid vapour, he combusts then turns to ash

Or maybe Thanos got him ? I dunno hopefully chemists can verify if it's science or comic magic

robfosters · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:53

No way. Sorry but I’m not buying that. Never that fast.

Tephnos · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:54

That looks like he touched an overhead line and electrocuted himself. Even then, it shouldn't be enough to vaporise someone. You're looking at an arc flash in grid transformers for instant vaporisation.

Diddums · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:56

Fake af

Minusorange · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:57

So where does his body go ?

Diddums · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:58

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/into-thin-air/

Armageus · 16 Jan 2019 at 21:59

Seems similar

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=28803

Diddums · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:02

Minusorange said:
So where does his body go ?

It was edited out.

Rroff · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:07

LOL if it was powerful enough to dissolve him like that (probably just missing frames as he falls into the depressed bit at the top) his clothing would be gone instantly before the rest of him.

Minusorange · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:07

Diddums said:
It was edited out.

Pretty well made if it's fake though, almost too well made

Rroff · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:09

Minusorange said:
Pretty well made if it's fake though, almost too well made

I think they've literally just removed a couple of frames (probably a bit more than literally 2) or weren't captured at all as he fell into the bit at the top out of sight and it just happens to match up.

Malevolence · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:09

Yeah, I'm going with Thanos.

Dis86 · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:12

Yeah...no. clearly electrocuted then body edited out.

aardvark · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:42

fake - even if it could dissolve him that quick (it can't) there would be no combustion or flame of any kind

Hades · 16 Jan 2019 at 22:52

The vapour covers him. When he stands up he makes contact with the electrical cables just above him. The contact electrocutes him but also causes the vapor around him to combust.

He then falls into the dip at the top of the trailer.

aardvark · 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04

Hades said:
The vapour covers him. When he stands up he makes contact with the electrical cables just above him. The contact electrocutes him but also causes the vapor around him to combust.

He then falls into the dip at the top of the trailer.

except fluorosulfuric acid isn't flammable of course.

wildman · 17 Jan 2019 at 00:11

aardvark said:
except fluorosulfuric acid isn't flammable of course.

no but the by products of its reaction with air / water are i.e it produces a shed load of hydrogen gas when it reacts with Metals, hydrolyses or is reduced.

Reactivity Profile
FLUOROSULFONIC ACID is very strongly acidic [Merck]. Reacts exothermically with chemical bases (examples: amines, amides, and inorganic hydroxides). These reactions can generate dangerously large amounts of heat in small spaces. Reacts violently with water to generate hydrofluoric acid and sulfuric acid. Reacts with active metals, including such structural metals as aluminum and iron, to release hydrogen, a flammable gas. Can initiate the polymerization of certain alkenes. Reacts with cyanide compounds to release gaseous hydrogen cyanide. Generates flammable and/or toxic gases in contact with dithiocarbamates, isocyanates, mercaptans, nitrides, nitriles, sulfides, and strong reducing agents. Additional gas-generating reactions occur with sulfites, nitrites, thiosulfates (to give H2S and SO3), dithionites (SO2), and carbonates. May catalyze (increase the rate of) chemical reactions.

Philtor · 17 Jan 2019 at 00:20

Clearly didn't do his health and safety certificate. Silly boy.

CREATIVE!11 · 17 Jan 2019 at 00:27

Fake.

Zefan · 17 Jan 2019 at 00:33

Hades said:
The vapour covers him. When he stands up he makes contact with the electrical cables just above him. The contact electrocutes him but also causes the vapor around him to combust.

He then falls into the dip at the top of the trailer.

Yeah, exactly this. He doesn't disappear at all, the only way one would think that is after having been primed with the notion that he does disappear.