panos@utcsri.UUCP (Panos Economopoulos) (11/22/85)
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Anybody knows what causes this strange feeling when
one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!)
That can happen if, for example, you are eating a sandwich
wrapped in aluminum and you are TOO hungry :-)
The strange sensation at the teeth has something to do with existing fillings?
Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon?
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Panos Economopoulos
UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!panos
CSNET: panos@torontojca@drutx.UUCP (ArnsonJC) (11/25/85)
The foil acts as an electric conductor between your fillings. Your saliva is a mild electrolyte solution and therefore helps pass the "current" along. Therefore the strange sensation. -- jill c. arnson ihnp4!drutx!jca AT&A IS, Denver (303)538-4800 Lily Tomlin says that the key element in power dressing is "...sort of like a scarf, sort of like a tie, sort of like a ruffle, and it doesn't threaten anyone because you don't look good in it." From @u(The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe) (-:
meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita) (11/26/85)
>Anybody knows what causes this strange feeling when >one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!) >That can happen if, for example, you are eating a sandwich >wrapped in aluminum and you are TOO hungry :-) >The strange sensation at the teeth has something to do with existing fillings? >Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon? Aluminum + mercury (from fillings) + salt water (electrolyte) = battery. i dont remember what the voltage produced is. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "they forcibly extracted the word 'but' from his vocabulary, and locked him in a room with 10 economists..." ------------------------------------------------------------- -the venn buddhist
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (11/27/85)
> Anybody knows what causes this strange feeling when > one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!) > That can happen if, for example, you are eating a sandwich > wrapped in aluminum and you are TOO hungry :-) > The strange sensation at the teeth has something to do with existing fillings? > Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon? > -- My dentist told me that this is an electrical phenomenon caused by the interaction of metal in your fillings, acid in your saliva and the metal foil. -- jcpatilla Mountain View is paid a diplomatic visit by giant Lunar reptiles that want our hot tubs but can't find any so they leave.
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (11/28/85)
In article <66@linus.UUCP> meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita) writes: >>one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!) >>Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon? > > Aluminum + mercury (from fillings) + salt water (electrolyte) = battery. > It would then be an 'electro-chemical' phenomenon. Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa