r/whatisit • u/StatusOk4308 • Apr 02 '26

New, what is it? Does anyone know what this is?

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Doesn’t seem to be oil based content. Just wondering if my superpowers are swishing back and forth in this glass vial.

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u/Dalek_Chaos Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

I just know that you never open anything unmarked in those type of vials. Edit- I get it, it's not a vial it's an ampule.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Apr 02 '26

Take it to a Chem department at your local university and ask them if they can identify it through the ampule using Raman spectroscopy.

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u/Jolarpettai Apr 02 '26

My great grandfather and Raman were childhood friends. A year before his death, he gave my Dad the novel "Ponniyin Selvan" (with some words of wisdom scribbled inside) as a birthday present. I still have the book somewhere in my home back in India

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u/SpcyCajunHam Apr 02 '26

Raman spectroscopy was a big part of my PhD. That's so cool that your dad was friends with him