By r1has - 12/09/2016 08:21 - Pakistan - Rawalpindi

Today, someone spilled ammonium hydroxide in ethanol solution in the lab, which smells like very concentrated urine. Since the experiment involved Bunsen burners, we couldn't turn on the fans. We had to work in a lab that smelled like Satan's piss for 2 hours. FML
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Tripartita 44

Wow, it's not every day we get an FML from the folks that produce Axe body spray! This is truly an honor.

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Shadowvoid 33

Sounds like a mixture of Uranium, Hydrogen, and Hydroxide. (UH OH)

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Sandsh8rk 36

Well, I know what my next prank on my brothers is going to be. Where can I get those chemicals?

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TMO2142 25

I think you have to order them online

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Welshite 39

Yes. Online works. All sorts of chemical suppliers offer those chemicals. But then you get flagged if you're not employed by a chemical company. Heck, I can't even order glassware without causing a ruckus. If only there were some way to make meth without needing all those specialized flasks and tubing. Ugh.

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Meettitan 14

Welshite, shake and bake, baby. No glassware required.

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tantanpanda 26

University research stores sell glassware for the lab and chemicals like liquid N2. If you're a college student, you can make big bucks...

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hellnosucka 27

or if you're a chemistry teacher who decided to cook crystal meth in a van in the middle of nowhere...

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TMO2142 25

Thats just gross. But it could be worse.

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Shadowvoid 33

Sounds like a mixture of Uranium, Hydrogen, and Hydroxide. (UH OH)

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Gloomzz 26

What if Satan came in, stole the chemicals and pissed everywhere?

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Chikiriwak 17

If there was no explosion, then it is no big deal.

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Tripartita 44

Wow, it's not every day we get an FML from the folks that produce Axe body spray! This is truly an honor.

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Lalala579121 27

20 - He means axe body spray smells awful.

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lexiieeex3 32

At least it wasn't real urine, just the smell. If someone peed their pants that would be even more unfortunate.

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Welshite 39

I work with ammonium hydroxide, and you underestimate just how strong even a 29% solution is. It's horrible and choking. You'd be begging for the sweet smell of regular urine in less than five minutes.

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r1has 28

When it first spilled and we got the first whiff, I actually thought someone peed their pants. And it smells horrible. Think If you wandered hell for a week, ate nothing but asparagus and drank no water, then peed. After the experiment finished the entire class ran to the garden and took several deep breaths. Oxygen has never felt that good

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RichardPencil 30

Yeah, typical! Oxygen gets all the credit, while nitrogen does most of the heavy lifting and doesn't even get a mention! Nitrogen is the Jan Brady of diatomic gases -- "Oxygen! Oxygen! Oxygen!"

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Vanessa_Leeann26 17

Ew. That ammonia couldn't have been good on the lungs though

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r1has 28

Wasn't ammonia. It was a dilute solution of ammonium hydroxide in ethanol. Still smelled like the sewerage of hell

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zaidthunder1 27

I hope the chemicals weren't harmful to the lungs. Not sure if it's correct policy to continue to work in a lab under such conditions.

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Magnoxidans 19

How does someone accidentally special two solutions together in a lab?

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r1has 28

Not two solutions, ammonium hydroxide dissolved in ethanol.

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Magnoxidans 19

Ah gotcha.. I'm a postdoc :) work in a lab too!

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