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by Wheat Bread on June 10th, 2008

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Is there an element (maybe a gas) that would expand in direct sunlight and combust if exposed to oxygen? Would it ever be found naturally in the human body?

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  • by MankyBob on June 10th, 2008

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    Potassium sounds a little fishy. It will oxidize if exposed to a heat source but the expansion thing really throws me... I was thinking it was a much less stable element with a much higher mass...

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    • Good point. Any ideas?

      yeroco

      by yeroco on June 10th, 2008

    • I'm writing a fanfiction for I AM LEGEND and trying to come up with a scientific explanation for why the vampires would smoke and sizzle when exposed to the sunlight. I was wondering if they could have some sort of gases trapped in their cells that would expand in sunlight and cause their cells to rupture, thus allowing those gases (or other state) to combust when exposed to water or air. I've heard that calcium might do it. What do you think?

      Wheat Bread

      by Wheat Bread on June 22nd, 2008

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