Quicksand Mobile Phone Cases
When the unknown liquid in the mobile phone case is dripped on the skin, the pungent odor can be smelled and there is no obvious discomfort for a short time.
With the popularization of large-screen smart phones, more and more people like to wear a “new clothes” on their phones to show their personality and protect their phones from damage. Some time ago, a little girl in the UK used a quicksand phone case. Injury to the thigh. This beautiful liquid cell phone case is said to contain corrosive acids, which can cause skin reactions if broken or leaked.
Nice liquid quicksand phone case, is it really so dangerous? I bought two liquid quicksand mobile phone cases from a physical store and an online shopping platform. I applied the liquid inside my arm. After 1 hour, the arm was itchy and swollen.
[Online rumors] Liquid in phone case burns skin
According to the British “Daily Mail” report, a 9-year-old girl in the UK bought a plastic quicksand mobile phone case. This kind of mobile phone case has two layers. The transparent plastic case is surrounded by quicksand. It shakes and flows around, and there will be rainbow-like luster. The little girl fell asleep while playing with the mobile phone, with the mobile phone on her leg. Unexpectedly, the liquid in the phone case leaked from the edge, burned the little girl’s leg, and burned a scar in the shape of a phone. Coincidentally, a Japanese Twitter netizen also posted a number of photos claiming that he was burned by the liquid of the phone case. From the pictures distributed in the post, we can see that the netizen has many redness and swelling on his hands and arms.
On Sina Weibo, the topic of appeared, which caused a lot of discussion among netizens, and 25,000 people participated in the discussion. “This kind of mobile phone case is too scary. Don’t worry about it!” “To be safe, you have to throw it away again …”” At present, this kind of liquid phone case is very popular, and there are not a few people using it.
Many netizens are afraid of this quicksand mobile phone case, exclaiming that they are carrying corrosive liquids with them. Many netizens are also skeptical, “This kind of thing has been played as a kid, and the liquid inside it is nothing more than water and oily substances, so as not to burn the skin.”
[Market research] The product packaging does not indicate the ingredients, and the seller is “unclear”
Log in to Taobao and search for “liquid quicksand mobile phone case”. There are nearly 20,000 babies with prices ranging from a dozen yuan to thousands of yuan. The reporter consulted a seller in Shenzhen, Guangdong as a consumer, what was the quicksand and liquid in the phone case. “”The quicksand inside the mobile phone case is a gradient color laser powder, and the liquid is pure natural essential oil imported from South Korea, which is safe and non-toxic.”” The seller told reporters that this kind of mobile phone case can cool the mobile phone without releasing any harmful substances.
I spent 33 yuan to buy a large mobile phone case with the same celebrity. On the product packaging, the specific composition of the liquid in the phone case was not found.
Subsequently, the reporter visited a number of mobile phone case stores in the urban area of Jinan and found that many shops are also selling this kind of quicksand phone case. “This kind of shell sold well last year, and is sought after by many young girls. I heard that this kind of shell liquid leaks can burn people, so I don’t buy it again.” I bought a liquid for 35 yuan in a Jingsi Road store. phone case. As for the composition of the liquid in the phone case, many businesses said that it may be water, and the specific composition is not clear.
“The liquid in the mobile phone case should be made of mineral oil plus dyes.” Chemical professionals told reporters that the quality of mineral oil varies according to its processing technology. High-quality mineral oil is not harmful to the human body, while poor-quality mineral oil is prone to oxidative damage to the skin, and poor-quality dyes can also cause skin allergies.
[Experiment] Short-term exposure has little effect on the arm for 1 hour
The two mobile phone cases you bought are all made of plastic and are heavier than ordinary mobile phone cases. The middle sandwich is made up of blue liquid and cartoon duck. If you shake the phone case, the cartoon duck will shake with the blue liquid, like surfing on the water.
In order to verify whether the liquid in the phone case can burn the skin, I decided to experiment by myself. Because the phone case was so hard, it had to be smashed with a hammer. When the mobile phone case was broken, as the blue liquid flowed out, a sharp smell of paint rushed out. The acrid blue liquid was dripped on the arm, and it was oily. After spreading it with fingers, there was no tingling sensation as imagined. Is it not long enough? Not enough liquid? Subsequently, a large amount of liquid was poured on a wet tissue and tied to the arm. After one hour, I felt a tingling in the arm. I took off the wet tissue and found that a red swelling appeared on the arm.
After experiments, the reporter found that liquid quicksand mobile phone cases are usually relatively hard, and violent smashing is not easy. Generally speaking, the probability of leakage is small. Once a leak occurs, a small amount of short-term contact will not cause the serious burns in the news, but if the skin and liquid contact for a long time after the leak, part of the liquid will be absorbed by the skin, which may cause damage to the skin.”
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