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Originally posted by dickdoc
"Tritium" is heavy hydrogen or H3, a rare radioactive isotope and certainly not found in urine. The most commen components (besides water) are Na+ and K-, and Cl-. Salt, and waste proteins.
Redlemon is right. Urine is a conductor but you need a continious stream to conduct.
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Tritium is
not H3, it
is heavy hydrogen. It's nucleus has one proton and two neutrons, instead of the normal single proton that is in hydrogen. It is NOT in your urine, dickdoc is right about that.
Urine does have Na+ and Cl-, it will generally have not have ANY K- because K- doesn't exist, it may have a small amount of K+ which really depends on how much you've takin in. Also saying 'salt' is redundant because salt is the combo of NaCl... There aren't any proteins in your urine either, unless you have a kidney disease all proteins are kept in the bloodstream. One of the other main components of Urine is Urea which is generally a byproduct of protein breakdown...finally you'll probably have some creatinine in there as well. Water is going to be the main component, obviously.
Urine CAN carry a current, but it all depends on what you've eaten that day and such. I don't know if the old peeing on the electric fence really hurts, but I do have a friend who claims to have done it as a kid, and said that it shocked him. If you're debating whether or not to piss on something electrified, I'd reccomend against it.