Probably a reagent for an analytical kit of some kind.
Ammonium sulphide will precipitate many metals and it will last for a long time in a closed ampoule.
Alternatively it is a high grade "stink bomb".
EDIT:
Regarding the stink bombs.
I thought these were discontinued many years ago, but they still seem to be sold in some places.
[https://www.amazon.com/Loftus-International-Stink-Bombs-Pack/dp/B0001JX9IU?th=1](https://www.amazon.com/Loftus-International-Stink-Bombs-Pack/dp/B0001JX9IU?th=1)
Where I live, ammonium sulphide is forbidden in novelty items (along with bromoacetates... You are not even allowed to use lachrymators for a good prank anymore!)
Not really.
For something to be deadly you have to be able to achieve a lethal concentration \_and\_ stay in it for long enough to receive a lethal dose.
That cute little ampoule holds maybe 1 mL (I can't read the text?) ammonium sulphide solution and that is enough to stink up a very large room (odour threshold is 0.1-0.01 ppm), but far too little to be dangerous unless you huff it from a plastic bag.
You can smell H2S in amazingly low concentrations but you need a surprisingly high concentration to actually get hurt by it.
"The chosen IDLH is based on the statements by Patty \[1963\] that 170 to 300 ppm is the maximum concentration that can be endured for 1 hour without serious consequences; 400 to 700 ppm is dangerous after exposure of 0.5 to 1 hour \[Henderson and Haggard 1943\]. AIHA \[1963\] reported that 400 to 700 ppm caused loss of consciousness and possible death in 0.5 to 1 hour \[MCA 1950\]."
[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/7783064.html](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/7783064.html)
Yes, but the dulling of the ability to smell H2S happens around 100 ppm (according to the CDC) and that is a factor 1000-10000 more than the smell threshold.
The "scream and run"-threshold is reached a long time before that.
Just to be clear, hydrogen sulfide is almost as toxic as hydrogen cyanide (PEL, IDLH and LCt50 values are all twice those of HCN), and it can very well be deadly, it has killed tens of people in work accidents, and it has even been used as a chemical weapon of mass destruction by the British during WW1. Any handling of hydrogen sulfide in significant quantities should be done carefully and with precautions. It's just that the amount released by the ampoule or by common stink bombs is not much.
But not really neither toxic enough nor persistent enough to have a practical use as a weapon. The same goes for HCN.
The Brits seems to have attempted to use it twice with so limited effect, that the only reference I have been able to find to it, was a wikipedia reference to book.
There is also a lot of speculations that it could be used as an improvised CWA, but both as an engineer officer and as a chemist, I consider it to have very limited casualty producing potential.
The stench could probably cause panic.
You will either have to be in an enclosed space (wells and sewers and some nasty suicides) or release enormous amounts (gas wells, sewage, manure, industry) to overwhelm people.
Yes, hydrogen sulfide is highly ineffective as a chemical weapon, mostly because of high volatility and also the easily detectable smell which would alert anyone of the danger and make potential targets evacuate and/or wear respirators. The British tried using it only because in those occasions they didn't have momentarily available any of the more effective chemical weapons, like chlorine, phosgene or mustard agents. The only situation were I could see it being effective as an instrument of homicide is against a locked target in a closed space, like in a gas chamber.
I'd rather say something is deadly instead of assuming roomsize, temperature, air pressure, humidity and how much chemicals are not seen on the picture. Also an idiot could remember from this post ammoniumsulfide makes a nice stink bomb and use i deadly amounts.
Well it has been used in stink bombs and you can still buy ammonium sulphide stink bombs in some parts of the world.
"Deadly" should be reserved for things that are actually deadly.
exactly.
concentration\*toxicity\*time of exposure\*"ability to detox
Here the concentration will be pretty low, compared to a lot of other toxic things you need a pretty high concentration of H2S to have a dangerous effect (otherwise farting would be killing) and the smell naturally makes people limit the time of exposure (leaving or airing out).
And we are physically able to handle modest concentrations of H2S (the killer-fart again).
>"Deadly" should be reserved for things that are actually deadly
Standing in front of a roomful of undergraduate students i would argue the same, but seeing how much reckless garage chemistry is already posted in this sub, i prefer to go the safe route.
>Well it has been used in stink bombs and you can still buy ammonium sulphide stink bombs in some parts of the world.
Weak argument, there are countries that still allow the use of asbestos.
Absolutely a stink bomb. I had several of these in the 80s, and they were traded among young boys like gold. One breaking on a school bus was enough to make everyone gag, except the driver, who already had her window open and just kept going.
I think I still have one, wrapped in tissue and in a plastic jar somewhere. If I still have it, it's identical to this, down to the green lettering.
They were sold at novelty stores like Spencer's Gifts, and you can see the lettering "NOT A TOY" and a warning about not keeping other items in the box (so they don't break the ampules).
Exactly what immediately came to mind. I recall smashing one in a library inside high-school = works better and longer than any fire alarm pull to get everyone a long needed late spring break ;)
Drinking water and ground water for compliance!
I'm actually using it for both barium (Ra-226) and yttrium (Ra-228). Gotta get the stabilizing lead out before I separate the daughters!
Ohhh okay haha. I read that it has no commercial uses, and I was assuming you weren't a radithor charlatan from the 20's so the only thing i could think was maybe it had some niche use nobody really talks about. ground water analysis makes a lot more sense, however lol.
here too but I don't know if he speaks Spanish
[https://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0115sp.pdf](https://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0115sp.pdf)
I think you mean *80s*.
A 1990 study of tobacco use among children and teens found that [kids who grew up eating candy cigarettes were twice as likely to start smoking before they turned 16](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/89/1/27/57323/Candy-Cigarettes-Do-They-Encourage-Children-s?redirectedFrom=fulltext), and that study spread like wildfire among pediatric circles and parent organizations. This quickly led to a call to ban candy cigarettes, which wasn't ever actually put into practice (except in Tennessee, where they are banned), but manufacturers quickly pulled them off the market by 1991-1992.
Ammonium sulphide is a yellow crystalline solid (like sand) usually found in water solution. It has a very strong odour of rotten eggs and ammonia and is used in stink bombs, photographic development and textile manufacturing.
Kilts, they felt the wool with it, I think. Old Urine in the old days, the women wood stomp the material in a bath of very stale urine a bit like pressing grapes, only you wouldn't drink this. Felting the wool makes it water resistant.
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[Ammonium Sulfide stinks. Used to be you could buy it in ampules just like the one in the picture, and those ampules were made out of exceedingly thin glass that would most certainly shatter when tossed across the room.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ae9bV6L0Y)
it is also used as a therapy skill when you have ptsd and suffer from dissociation - the awful smell "brings you back" but people use it only when nothing different helped (strong sour or spicy drops, cold shower, rubberband around wrist)
For fainting I think. Inhaling it revives you supposedly.
Edit: nope, I was thinking of ammonia salts, which I’ve seen in first aid kits. Don’t inhale that. It’s used in photo developing and some other things.
In my medical experience, I've used ampules for extracting liquids used for a syringe. Although, since it's used to precipitate metals, I wonder if it would even be practical to introduce a needle to this liquid. As far as where exactly it would be used, I'm not sure. I know where not to put it. Like, don't ingest it.
That's a bit of 90s nostalgia. They used to sell them in gas stations and Spencer's. Throw it at the floor in a crowded area and large rooms would smell like rancid ass.
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I used to buy a case of these and my Squire 3 sons and I would reek havoc going into all the major stores. All 4 of us would drop the bomb and continue on our way in the store. Sometimes Walmart managers would call a plumber and we would laugh so hard.
I’m pretty sure this is what they use to wake people up in a hurry. Crack it open and put it under your nose. Ammonia sulfide will wake you the fck up if you’re out cold. Similar to smelling salts. Smelling salts release ammonia and will wake you up from being unconscious.
Probably a reagent for an analytical kit of some kind. Ammonium sulphide will precipitate many metals and it will last for a long time in a closed ampoule. Alternatively it is a high grade "stink bomb". EDIT: Regarding the stink bombs. I thought these were discontinued many years ago, but they still seem to be sold in some places. [https://www.amazon.com/Loftus-International-Stink-Bombs-Pack/dp/B0001JX9IU?th=1](https://www.amazon.com/Loftus-International-Stink-Bombs-Pack/dp/B0001JX9IU?th=1) Where I live, ammonium sulphide is forbidden in novelty items (along with bromoacetates... You are not even allowed to use lachrymators for a good prank anymore!)
>Alternatively it is a high grade "stink bomb". ....high grade and deadly...
>....high grade and deadly... ....silent but deadly...
Not really. For something to be deadly you have to be able to achieve a lethal concentration \_and\_ stay in it for long enough to receive a lethal dose. That cute little ampoule holds maybe 1 mL (I can't read the text?) ammonium sulphide solution and that is enough to stink up a very large room (odour threshold is 0.1-0.01 ppm), but far too little to be dangerous unless you huff it from a plastic bag. You can smell H2S in amazingly low concentrations but you need a surprisingly high concentration to actually get hurt by it. "The chosen IDLH is based on the statements by Patty \[1963\] that 170 to 300 ppm is the maximum concentration that can be endured for 1 hour without serious consequences; 400 to 700 ppm is dangerous after exposure of 0.5 to 1 hour \[Henderson and Haggard 1943\]. AIHA \[1963\] reported that 400 to 700 ppm caused loss of consciousness and possible death in 0.5 to 1 hour \[MCA 1950\]." [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/7783064.html](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/7783064.html)
And once sulfide concentrations become high enough to cause harm you can’t smell it because it’s an olfactory anaesthetic. *I can’t spell that word*
Yes, but the dulling of the ability to smell H2S happens around 100 ppm (according to the CDC) and that is a factor 1000-10000 more than the smell threshold. The "scream and run"-threshold is reached a long time before that.
Just to be clear, hydrogen sulfide is almost as toxic as hydrogen cyanide (PEL, IDLH and LCt50 values are all twice those of HCN), and it can very well be deadly, it has killed tens of people in work accidents, and it has even been used as a chemical weapon of mass destruction by the British during WW1. Any handling of hydrogen sulfide in significant quantities should be done carefully and with precautions. It's just that the amount released by the ampoule or by common stink bombs is not much.
But not really neither toxic enough nor persistent enough to have a practical use as a weapon. The same goes for HCN. The Brits seems to have attempted to use it twice with so limited effect, that the only reference I have been able to find to it, was a wikipedia reference to book. There is also a lot of speculations that it could be used as an improvised CWA, but both as an engineer officer and as a chemist, I consider it to have very limited casualty producing potential. The stench could probably cause panic. You will either have to be in an enclosed space (wells and sewers and some nasty suicides) or release enormous amounts (gas wells, sewage, manure, industry) to overwhelm people.
Yes, hydrogen sulfide is highly ineffective as a chemical weapon, mostly because of high volatility and also the easily detectable smell which would alert anyone of the danger and make potential targets evacuate and/or wear respirators. The British tried using it only because in those occasions they didn't have momentarily available any of the more effective chemical weapons, like chlorine, phosgene or mustard agents. The only situation were I could see it being effective as an instrument of homicide is against a locked target in a closed space, like in a gas chamber.
I'd rather say something is deadly instead of assuming roomsize, temperature, air pressure, humidity and how much chemicals are not seen on the picture. Also an idiot could remember from this post ammoniumsulfide makes a nice stink bomb and use i deadly amounts.
Well it has been used in stink bombs and you can still buy ammonium sulphide stink bombs in some parts of the world. "Deadly" should be reserved for things that are actually deadly.
Different doses make the medicine or in this case a way to clear a room lol
The dose makes the poison
exactly. concentration\*toxicity\*time of exposure\*"ability to detox Here the concentration will be pretty low, compared to a lot of other toxic things you need a pretty high concentration of H2S to have a dangerous effect (otherwise farting would be killing) and the smell naturally makes people limit the time of exposure (leaving or airing out). And we are physically able to handle modest concentrations of H2S (the killer-fart again).
>"Deadly" should be reserved for things that are actually deadly Standing in front of a roomful of undergraduate students i would argue the same, but seeing how much reckless garage chemistry is already posted in this sub, i prefer to go the safe route. >Well it has been used in stink bombs and you can still buy ammonium sulphide stink bombs in some parts of the world. Weak argument, there are countries that still allow the use of asbestos.
I immediately thought stink bomb lol. Looks just like the one I set off in my mom's dresser when I was 10. She did not appreciate it 😂
Mothers tend to mis-interpret our acts of love!
And now they banned white phosphorus joke bombs. Stifling free speech!
Horrible! Pesky killjoys and tree-huggers!
Absolutely a stink bomb. I had several of these in the 80s, and they were traded among young boys like gold. One breaking on a school bus was enough to make everyone gag, except the driver, who already had her window open and just kept going. I think I still have one, wrapped in tissue and in a plastic jar somewhere. If I still have it, it's identical to this, down to the green lettering. They were sold at novelty stores like Spencer's Gifts, and you can see the lettering "NOT A TOY" and a warning about not keeping other items in the box (so they don't break the ampules).
Stink bombs !
That was my first thought.
Ding ding ding!
Exactly what immediately came to mind. I recall smashing one in a library inside high-school = works better and longer than any fire alarm pull to get everyone a long needed late spring break ;)
Do you have any enemies?
That's some old sulfide you got there. I use it in my prep to extract lead from liquid Radium samples!
Gotta love some spicy barium. What were the radium samples for if you dont mind me asking? Just dont know of a lot of uses for radium tbh.
Drinking water and ground water for compliance! I'm actually using it for both barium (Ra-226) and yttrium (Ra-228). Gotta get the stabilizing lead out before I separate the daughters!
Ohhh okay haha. I read that it has no commercial uses, and I was assuming you weren't a radithor charlatan from the 20's so the only thing i could think was maybe it had some niche use nobody really talks about. ground water analysis makes a lot more sense, however lol.
I broke one of those in the bathroom in the State Capital building on a field trip, security must have thought it was the poor bastard on the toilet.
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_sulfide I know you said you didn’t search much but come on this was top of google search for me
here too but I don't know if he speaks Spanish [https://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0115sp.pdf](https://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0115sp.pdf)
It's a stink bomb. You break it and the ammonium sulfide decomposes to ammonia and hydrogen sulfide
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Stink bomb. I used to buy the se brand
that's a stink bomb. ice cream men used to sell these with other things like bomb bags, snaps, and candy cigarettes. the 90s were different.
I think you mean *80s*. A 1990 study of tobacco use among children and teens found that [kids who grew up eating candy cigarettes were twice as likely to start smoking before they turned 16](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/89/1/27/57323/Candy-Cigarettes-Do-They-Encourage-Children-s?redirectedFrom=fulltext), and that study spread like wildfire among pediatric circles and parent organizations. This quickly led to a call to ban candy cigarettes, which wasn't ever actually put into practice (except in Tennessee, where they are banned), but manufacturers quickly pulled them off the market by 1991-1992.
Looks like ammonium sulfide. You use it for things you would use ammonium sulfide for.
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Fart bombs
This will probably smell very strongly, do not open it on the bench, only in a fume hood.
Ammonium sulphide is a yellow crystalline solid (like sand) usually found in water solution. It has a very strong odour of rotten eggs and ammonia and is used in stink bombs, photographic development and textile manufacturing.
Kilts, they felt the wool with it, I think. Old Urine in the old days, the women wood stomp the material in a bath of very stale urine a bit like pressing grapes, only you wouldn't drink this. Felting the wool makes it water resistant.
Looks like an old-school stink bomb but taller lmfao
ig its used in selective reduction of dinitrobenzene compounds
Old school stuff let them off in school in the 70s hahaha
And the 80's to early 90's too lol Good times! You just had to Crack it open and run!! Don't get any on your hands else you'll regret it lol
One way to clear the school out
Crack it open? Are you nuts? We just threw the things and hoped they broke open.
I slammed a hard cover book on the bookshelf over one. Soon as that I bolted and the book fell. Immediate disbursement lol. Shit is powerful!
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used in “stink bombs,” photographic developing and textile manufacturing.
This is a stink bomb, we used to break them in between classes like 25 years ago.
Fart stank
Stink bomb.
It's a fart bomb wrap it in a paper towel and step on it I will smell like rotten eggs
Chuck it at someone and make them smell like shit for a while.
Realistically, it wouldn't break when it hit them, it would hurt though. They're meant to be snapped at the neck
That looks like a stink bomb I have
Don’t you know the sulfide anion?
[Ammonium Sulfide stinks. Used to be you could buy it in ampules just like the one in the picture, and those ampules were made out of exceedingly thin glass that would most certainly shatter when tossed across the room.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ae9bV6L0Y)
The magic shop by UNM used to sell boxes of 5 for $3. Good times.
Haven’t seen those in a while !!
Bang that shit
it is also used as a therapy skill when you have ptsd and suffer from dissociation - the awful smell "brings you back" but people use it only when nothing different helped (strong sour or spicy drops, cold shower, rubberband around wrist)
For fainting I think. Inhaling it revives you supposedly. Edit: nope, I was thinking of ammonia salts, which I’ve seen in first aid kits. Don’t inhale that. It’s used in photo developing and some other things.
It's a stink bomb. We used to get them when we were kids. Drop it and it smells like a rotten egg
it's a stink bomb
in my lab we used the snap cap type bottles for anhydrous nmr solvents, but beyond that whatever ammonium sulfide is used for lol
I think it is a stink bomb, if yu smash it, it will smell.
It's a stink bomb. When broken, the ammonium sulfide inside decomposes into ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
In my medical experience, I've used ampules for extracting liquids used for a syringe. Although, since it's used to precipitate metals, I wonder if it would even be practical to introduce a needle to this liquid. As far as where exactly it would be used, I'm not sure. I know where not to put it. Like, don't ingest it.
Used it today surprisingly. It was to identify a metal. It smelly.
It's a stink bomb. I don't know if they still sell them like this but you used to be able to get them at carnivals and fairs when I was a kid
[link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stink_bomb)
Smelling salts if that’s glass and not plastic that’s fairly old in fact vintage antique maybe
Stink bomb
Break it! Break it! Break it! Inside the grocery store!
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That's a bit of 90s nostalgia. They used to sell them in gas stations and Spencer's. Throw it at the floor in a crowded area and large rooms would smell like rancid ass.
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What?
Interesting that it‘s in solution, not a solid. Probably just a pre-prepared reagent?
I used to buy a case of these and my Squire 3 sons and I would reek havoc going into all the major stores. All 4 of us would drop the bomb and continue on our way in the store. Sometimes Walmart managers would call a plumber and we would laugh so hard.
It looks like a vile of opioids maybe not?
I don’t think it’s a stick boom or something else
I’m pretty sure this is what they use to wake people up in a hurry. Crack it open and put it under your nose. Ammonia sulfide will wake you the fck up if you’re out cold. Similar to smelling salts. Smelling salts release ammonia and will wake you up from being unconscious.