silica gel

[danchip]

what happens if you eat silica gel

[4getmenot]

dont know try it and let us know

[jackthehat]

Silica gel is non-toxic, non-flammable, and non-reactive and stable with ordinary usage. It will react with hydrogen fluoride, fluorine, oxygen difluoride, chlorine trifluoride, strong acids, strong bases, and oxidizers[8]. Silica gel is irritating to the respiratory tract, may cause irritation of the digestive tract, and dust from the beads may cause irritation to the skin and eyes, so precautions should be taken [9]. Some of the beads may be doped with a moisture indicator, such as cobalt(II) chloride, which is toxic and may be carcinogenic. Cobalt (II) chloride is deep blue when dry (anhydrous) and pink when moist (hydrated).

Crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis but synthetic amorphous silica gel is non-friable, and so does not cause silicosis.- wiki

[daffy654]

Not much, according to wikipedia.

[daffy654]

Haha, jack's post is a direct c&p of what I just read on the wiki site. :)

[4getmenot]

Oh jack and I so thought you were a graduate in chemistry

[jackthehat]

No.........'O level' in Chemistry but 'A level' in Googling and Cut and Paste...............;o)

[danchip]

so eating some would get me out of the boring management roadshow this afternoon

[daffy654]

I could never get my head around chemistry at school... which is why I didn't choose it in my options and did biology instead. I wish i'd stuck with chemistry though :-/