Neutralizing Tear Gas
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Neutralizing Tear Gas
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Re: Neutralizing Tear Gas
#2Well that was a frustratingly useless article.
They brought in an expert to answer the question and he didn't answer the question. I still don't know what was in the thermos or what to use to extinguish a tear gas canister.
This would have been more useful and interesting if PopMech had just bought a few canisters, tested the various theorie, and reported the results.
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#3I can't help but think that there could be an unfortunate inverse to JFK's "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." in this. Tyrants finding their nonlethal weapons not working might more quickly turn to using guns.
Re: Neutralizing Tear Gas
#4Well that was a frustratingly useless article. They brought in an expert to answer the question and he didn't answer the question. I still don't know what was in the thermos or what to use to extinguish a tear gas canister. This would have been more useful and interesting if PopMech had just bought a few canisters, tested the various theorie, and reported the results.
The article quotes the person from the video who said it was mud.
Re: Neutralizing Tear Gas
#5Well that was a frustratingly useless article. They brought in an expert to answer the question and he didn't answer the question. I still don't know what was in the thermos or what to use to extinguish a tear gas canister. This would have been more useful and interesting if PopMech had just bought a few canisters, tested the various theorie, and reported the results.
The article quotes the person from the video who said it was mud.
Plus, a tear gas canister is just something that is burning slowly, so if you immerse it in something you can extinguish it.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article quotes the person from the video who said it was mud.
Plus, a tear gas canister is just something that is burning slowly, so if you immerse it in something you can extinguish it.
I didn't know that. I always assumed they were just compressed gas with a pinhole poked in them or something.
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#7I can't help but think that there could be an unfortunate inverse to JFK's "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." in this. Tyrants finding their nonlethal weapons not working might more quickly turn to using guns.
The failure of teargas to disperse crowds is cited as one of the reasons for quickly bringing the water cannons into service, despite concerns related to using them in the very densely populated streets of HK.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article quotes the person from the video who said it was mud.
Plus, a tear gas canister is just something that is burning slowly, so if you immerse it in something you can extinguish it.
Fire needs a flammable source, heat, and oxygen. I suspect the enclosed cannister space hampered the O2 and the mud hampered the combustible material. Mud does seem plausible.
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#9This is one of those things that might just be good to know for whatever reason in the future. Thanks for the post.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article quotes the person from the video who said it was mud.
Plus, a tear gas canister is just something that is burning slowly, so if you immerse it in something you can extinguish it.
It's pretty easy to put them out. Here is an alternative method that was used before the thermos method was discovered: https://twitter.com/alexhofford/status/1155514310308896768
Just behind the frontline is a taskforce who runs around putting out all teargas.