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...how a stink bomb sets off a fire alarm.

Because that's what supposedly happened at school today

does a stink bomb have smoke?

Someone keeps pulling the alarm at my school, and everytime we get out for 20 minutes, cause they do a check of all the floors droolio

im not sure if we had an alarm at my old school
gosh its so weired saying "my old school"

Misha did you just finish yr 12?

Australians and their weird grades...

What's yr 12 for the Yanks?

No idea what that is

But back on topic.... could a stink bomb contain fumes enough to set off fire alarms? There was no smoke...

no, im changing schools

yeah its probably the gas in it or something

alarms detect smoke, not heat

we go to year 13 here and im in year 10 so i guess thats...9th grade???

Stink bombs aren't heat, they're gascious odors...

Y'know what I think... I think your administration is a lying *****. There's no way a stink bomb could set off a fire alarm. Probably somebody threw a stink bomb and then pulled the alarm.

Thanks Char!

the stink bombs i use come in glass and its just a smelly liquid no idea

Might be a different type, me thinks...

I use mustard gas myself...

To start with, I've never heard of a stink bomb that isn't just a tube of glass filled with nasty smelling liquid. The other thing is, if there was such a thing, I still can't think of a way it could set a fire alarm off.

Smoke grenade anyone?

How goes it, DR?

maybe they had chemical detectors sulfur is the main ingredient in stink bombs and dynimite

That kills people inflames the lungs and liquifies the inner lung linning

never heard of mustard gas

Well, Ronny, I advise you read this page!

Mustard Gas Info

damn shock

Horrible, isn't it?

terrible cry

Just think, you never have to join the military AND you don't live in the 1910's!

*sigh of relief*

However, terrorist attacks and anthrax!

shock thanks for that

No problem!

*runs around firing Luger & Walther everywhere*

*sighs* listen up idiots

basically, a fire alarm is linked up to a smoke detector, and a smoke detector works by passing alpha radiation across a small space of air. a long as the recieving part of the radiation stays at a constant level, then the air is clean, and therefore there is no smoke. but if slightly more dense gases, such as SMOKE or in this case, your stink bomb, cover this up, then the alarm will be triggered.

Simple as

fire dont set them off, i just burned like 8 matches and half a newspaper next to mine and it did nothing

The same thing happened at my school too

dust from a dry wall set ours off in the winter. Luckily, they had us go the the new gym instead of outside. And one time, there was a fire in our school, a small garbage fire, but still. Ad I know who pulled the alarm