It seems to be a vial of some kind factory made with glue on the side holding a dark brow almost red liquid it doessend seem to be oil and it has surface tention im planning to turn it in by the firefighters but id like to know what it is

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[–] 49 points 3 months ago*

It's an ampoule with probably some kind of pharmaceutical substance inside. Looks a lot like Iodine color-wise (example), but could be something else.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Be careful a glass like that could have anything in it from a stink bomb to a vitamin supplement or something corrosive that could burn your skin or poison you.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's an ampule. A chemist created it by putting a chemical in a glass test tube, then heating it with a torch to melt the glass and seal the chemical inside. When you need the chemical, you break the glass. It looks like this chemist used a clamp to make breaking the tip off of the ampule easier, implying the chemical is meant to be poured out.

    The ampule could contain anything. The most common chemical to come in such an ampule is iodine, but it's much more common for iodine to be packaged in something else nowadays.

    The second most common chemical in ampule is stink bombs, but those are usually much smaller and the tip isn't clamped because the ampule is meant to be be thrown and shattered to release its contents.

    tl;dr It's most likely full of harmless disinfectant, but you shouldn't count on it. Give it to professionals who can safely identify it and dispose of it if needed.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    my granma used to have these, i think it's iodine. you'd break the vial and use the liquid to disinfect smaller wounds

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    That is how stink bombs looked when I was a little kid. The liquid was lighter, but exposure to elements could cause a change.

    You buy them at the same stores that would sell fake cigarettes that puff or hand buzzers. You are supposed to throw it or drop it and crunch it with your shoe to release a terrible (but temporary) odor. Example

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That could very well be it it did seem like it had been packaged cuz of the glue that could also have been a lable tho

    Its kinda crazy to give kids glasd to trow around imo weird product :)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    We still get medicine with that kind of packaging (EU)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Also eu i have not seen this kind of packaging before but it does feel fancy

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    It feels like "we haven't invented plastic yet" to me I assume some components would attack or discolor plastic, or degrade in prolonged contact maybe

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I had vitamin D supplements like this

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    If it's dark brown - almost red - could be iron for injection.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Mmmhh rust juice i would expect a litle injection port at the top if this was for injections tho

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know what happened to my last comment, but this is an ampoule which is a common way of packaging small volumes of drugs. If this is iron it's probably for IM injection, and if it was for IV infusion it would be more likely to come in a vial.

    In my experience anyway.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    Looks like a vape cartridge of some kind.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Are their Asian food joints near by? Looks kinda like some soy sauce.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Soy sauce doesn’t tend to come in sealed glass ampoules.

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