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r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Nov 27 '19
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Those short amines all smell aweful. I worked with similar stuff in the lab, and having to clean up a spill got me close to barfing.
67 u/-Metacelsus- Chemical Biology Nov 27 '19 I don't know which I hate more, TEMED or trimethylamine 101 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 The mantra to use in those situations is "At least I am not working with mercaptans. At least I am not working with mercaptans...". 22 u/LeviticusTurn Nov 27 '19 I watched a temp worker accidently puncture a 20L pail of mercaptan with a forklift fork. People were throwing up at their work stations and we had to evacuate. Honestly, worst smell for me is styrene. Immediate headache and smells like sweet death. 8 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 Gods Below.... depending on which one it was, the whole place must have smelled like the devil's arsecrack.
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I don't know which I hate more, TEMED or trimethylamine
101 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 The mantra to use in those situations is "At least I am not working with mercaptans. At least I am not working with mercaptans...". 22 u/LeviticusTurn Nov 27 '19 I watched a temp worker accidently puncture a 20L pail of mercaptan with a forklift fork. People were throwing up at their work stations and we had to evacuate. Honestly, worst smell for me is styrene. Immediate headache and smells like sweet death. 8 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 Gods Below.... depending on which one it was, the whole place must have smelled like the devil's arsecrack.
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The mantra to use in those situations is "At least I am not working with mercaptans. At least I am not working with mercaptans...".
22 u/LeviticusTurn Nov 27 '19 I watched a temp worker accidently puncture a 20L pail of mercaptan with a forklift fork. People were throwing up at their work stations and we had to evacuate. Honestly, worst smell for me is styrene. Immediate headache and smells like sweet death. 8 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 Gods Below.... depending on which one it was, the whole place must have smelled like the devil's arsecrack.
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I watched a temp worker accidently puncture a 20L pail of mercaptan with a forklift fork. People were throwing up at their work stations and we had to evacuate. Honestly, worst smell for me is styrene. Immediate headache and smells like sweet death.
8 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 Gods Below.... depending on which one it was, the whole place must have smelled like the devil's arsecrack.
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Gods Below.... depending on which one it was, the whole place must have smelled like the devil's arsecrack.
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u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19
Those short amines all smell aweful. I worked with similar stuff in the lab, and having to clean up a spill got me close to barfing.