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In addition to the fact that after shaking in a car, pressurized soda splashes and stains everything around, there are many documented cases of cans exploding. It is quite difficult to clean the car interior from sweet stains, so it is better to save yourself from such problems in advance.
9. Medicines
Instructions for medications, as a rule, always state at what temperature they should be stored. And while some medications, such as antibiotics, should preferably be kept in the refrigerator, most other everyday medications should, at a minimum, not be exposed to temperatures above +25 °C. According to experts, heat won't necessarily make your pills harmful, but they will almost certainly become less effective.
8. Lighters
Warning labels on lighters state that they should not be exposed to high temperatures or left in the sun for long periods of time. And there's a reason for that. As we have already found out, the temperature in the car can be quite high, and this can lead to the lighter exploding. People talk about numerous unpleasant consequences such an event: fragments of plastic throughout the cabin, burnt spots on the seats (if the object was lying on the chair) and scratched glass. And that's just the best case scenario.
7. Sunscreen
Oddly enough, but products designed to protect our skin from hot sun rays suffer no less from them. The components contained in sunscreens are destroyed at elevated temperatures. At best, their effectiveness decreases; at worst, the bottles can explode, leaving behind difficult-to-remove greasy stains. It is best to store such products at a temperature no higher than +25 °C, while in the interior of a car parked near the beach, the temperature can reach +50 °C.
6. Sunglasses
In addition to the obvious inconveniences like hot frames, which can burn and cause discomfort, you should not leave your glasses on the panel because the lenses will burn out. Moreover, according to the American Optometric Association, lenses can attract the sun's rays like a magnifying glass, and we all know what that can do.
5. Bottled drinking water
Research on this matter gives mixed answers. On the one hand, it has been proven that at elevated temperatures BPA (bisphenol A) is released into water. On the other hand, it is argued that in small doses this Chemical substance does not cause harm to health. Water that you have already opened, drank and left in a heated car carries a greater risk, since bacteria trapped in the bottle will definitely multiply under the influence of high temperatures, and subsequent consumption of such water can lead to serious problems.
4. Wine
If you are going to buy a bottle of wine for dinner, it is better to do it in the evening after work, and not beforehand. The fact is that with strong heating, the taste of the wine is greatly distorted, and in general there is a risk that the liquid will push the cork and spill out. Moreover, research has proven that excessive heat exposure can lead to the formation of ethyl carbamate (EC) in wine, a carcinogen that adversely affects human health.
3. Smartphones and other electrical appliances
As we know, smartphones and other electronics tend to overheat from use even at normal temperatures. So Negative influence high temperatures from outside is not at all a surprise. In particular, artificial overheating of battery-powered devices will not only shorten the life of the battery itself, but can also harm other elements - the touch screen, the plastic case and the glue that connects all the parts together.
2. Aerosol cans
This applies to any derivatives - deodorant, dye, hairspray, and so on. This point is sometimes controversial, and yet, according to experts, as soon as the temperature reaches approximately +48 ° C, the pressure inside the can will increase enough to cause a real explosion. And this is not surprising, because it’s no secret that hairsprays are used in games with fire, which means we are probably dealing with a flammable product.
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A lighter can explode in a pocket and cause death
MythBusters put a lighter in a jeans pocket 
, and the jeans were placed under the welding machine. Due to the sparks and heat, the jeans caught fire, but the lighter didn't even think about igniting.
The myth was found to be refuted, since it is impossible for a lighter to explode in a pocket.
Comment: there have been such cases, but only in the presence of a source of ignition. In addition, BIC lighters, for example, exploded much less often than cheaper lighters.
A lighter may explode on a car's dashboard in hot weather.
The lighter was placed in the oven, heated to the maximum temperature that can be found in a car on a very hot and sunny day - about 82 C. There was no reaction for several hours, but the lighter did explode when the Mythbusters increased the temperature in the oven to 180 C. However, such a temperature can hardly be found inside a car.
Comment: There have been cases of lighters exploding in car interiors, but only if there was a fire. As in the previous case, this happens more often with cheap lighters than, for example, with BIC lighters.
A lighter may explode in a clothes dryer.
After drying it in the dryer along with the laundry, nothing special happened to the lighter. The myth has been refuted.
Curse of the White Lighter
A brief history of the lighter: The first lighter was invented in 1823 by the German chemist Johann Döbereiner. In 1932, George Blasdell invented the Zippo lighter, which was intended only for use by the US military. In 1945, in France, Marcel Bic and Edouard Bouffard began producing various disposable products. The Bic disposable lighter was released in 1973.
Around the same time, Cricket lighters began to be produced.
Many people have heard about the curse of the white lighter. This myth is based on the fact that a white BIC lighter was found in the pockets of Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.
But if you remember, the first BIC lighters began to be produced in 1973. Meanwhile, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, and Jim Morrison died in 1971. Kurt Cobain is the only one in whose pocket a white lighter was actually found. So this myth is also refuted.
Alexander Babitsky
Disposable lighters... what are they? Harmless flint or pocket menace in a plastic case?
There are myths about a number of circumstances in which a simple lighter injures a person with an explosion, or even kills. Specialists from the MythBusters program found out: can a disposable lighter explode? For example, when slag gets in. A welding shop can be the perfect setting for a lighter incident - or is it?
An explosion requires 3 things: fuel, a spark source and oxygen. The legend said: if you burn a lighter while welding, the gas will flow out, and the air and heat organize an explosion. In preparation for the experiment, Adam installed an iron bar on the box and placed a remotely controlled burner next to it. The burner is a source of sparks and hot slag. The lighter was placed directly under the burner. How will she behave?
The burner turned on and produced a cascade of sparks. The first lighter began to melt, burn, gas came out and caught fire. The second lighter exploded and flew away from the test stand in a beautiful ball of fire. The third followed suit.
In the second part of the program, the lighter was tested in the dryer. The lighter spent a whole hour in the drying drum, having heated up to 70 °C, and nothing. To explode, you need enough heat and then a source of spark. This was not the case in the second experiment. The legend was destroyed.
In the following legend about lighters, the destroyers tested: would anything bad happen if you hit a lighter hard with a golf club? After a series of experiments, the program’s specialists came to the conclusion that hitting a lighter with a golf club is fraught with an explosion and fire.
Disposable lighters come with a long list of warnings: do not pierce, do not burn, do not heat above 50 ° C, do not leave in the sun... Will a warm car cause a disaster? Need to check! An analogue of the dashboard was a toaster. Result: even at the maximum temperature to which the dashboard can heat up, the lighter does not explode. The minimum melting temperature of a lighter (which leads to the release of gas) is 150 °C. The myth did not stand up to scrutiny.
Adam and Jamie then decided to introduce a human analogue into the burner tests. The legend failed the test. Clothes caught fire from the hot slag, but the lighter behaved quietly. It is absolutely impossible to die from this.
Next up is the next legend. The car interior was filled with lighters (more than 500). A vacuum heater was placed above the lighters and turned on. In the intense heat, the lighters began to burst and release gas, burning one after another. The destroyers struck a spark - and the interior was filled with fire, the rear window was squeezed out by the explosion. The perfect reason to quit smoking.
Result: 500 lighters produce a powerful explosion if there is a spark source.
General conclusion: the danger of disposable lighters, miniature gas holders, is greatly exaggerated. Just like fears of autonomous gasification. Myths remain myths.