oxygen in a sample of expired air converts any alcohol present into acetic acid and then to water and carbon dioxide. A fuel cell converts the chemical energy released when oxidation occurs into a detectable electrical voltage. The higher the voltage, the more alcohol is present in the sample.
Alcohol effects a breathalyzer test immediately after consumption.
The police use a breathalyser kit.
No... the only thing that would make you fail a breathalyser - is if you have consumed alcohol !
Not a good defense. Blood alcohol content is what alcohol is in your blood stream, not what's in your mouth. Even if the breathalyser is confused by the mouthwash, they can just do a blood test.
Certainly it will! It has 35% or so alcohol. I've known people who become very drunk on it.
Impossible to answer !... Everyone's metabolism is different - and each person absorbs alcohol at a different rate.
It depends on how much you have drunk, your weight, physical condition, if you have eaten etc.
A breathalyser detects the presence of alcohol in the blood. Alcohol gets into the blood when you drink it. The body processes alcohol at a fixed rate (1 unit, that is 10 ml of pure alcohol, an hour). Therefore if you have consumed 6 units, the breathalyser would still detect the presence of alcohol after 5 hours. If you had just consumed 4 units the breathalyser would not detect alcohol after 5 hours.
Depends on what the breathalyser is testing for, if just alcohol, yes. However you should not be in charge of a moving vehicle if you are taking drugs.
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It can be measured many ways. Ounces is one of them.
RUPissed is an online breathalyser and BAC calculator. The website also contains articles about the effects of alcohol, how breathalysers work, and cures for hangovers.