I'm writing a short story about a hoax, and I need the police in the story to be put off the track for awhile by making fake blood taste like real blood. Real blood has a unique metallic taste. (You know how a cop sometimes dips a finger into a pool of what looks like blood to taste it?)
2007-04-27 12:58:35 · 5 answers · asked by TitoBob 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
your fake blood should not only taste like real blood but also have colour like blood . Therefore, concentrated solution of ferric chloride will look like blood and is non poisous to taste..
Hence, ferric chloride solution can be used.
2007-05-04 19:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by sb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not have your villain use pig's blood. If this person is able to go out of the way to mix up a fake blood concoction, it might be easier for him to obtain pig or cow's blood.
I don't know a single cop that would taste from an unknown pool of blood. Cops nowadays will carry latex gloves to avoid contact with body fluids.
2007-04-27 21:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by hopsplat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope your story takes place in a pre-AIDS awareness era. I doubt that any cop or investigator today would do a taste test on a blood sample to quickly judge in the field whether a substance is blood due to concerns about disease.
2007-04-27 20:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by ihatedecaf 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
mildly basic sodium hydroxide solutions have a metallic taste which reminds one of blood.
2007-04-27 20:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel F 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would use copper and a trace of salt.
Tom
2007-04-27 20:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋