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methylene blue and urine?

Fluorite - 16-12-2020 at 04:51

Okay I added methylene blue to my urine bottle just in case if my mom asked wtf is this I can simply say it's a chemical and please do not approach this bottle and this worked actually
But oddly enough the bottle turned yellow again and it's like a blue bottle reaction but without sodium hydroxide and glucose! I shaked the bottle and the blue color appeared again!
Any thoughts? I'm urea it's not urea to nitrate oxidation cuz this happened quickly so sugars in urine oxidation? I think that's interesting

Fery - 16-12-2020 at 05:03

There could be various reducing agents adhering to the urine bottle. Or as you wrote glycosuria. Why didn't you use chem glass? Did you want to scary your mom?

Fluorite - 16-12-2020 at 06:03

No but storing chemicals is easier to explain than storing urine and I used pet bottle

RustyShackleford - 16-12-2020 at 07:39

methylene blue is easily reduced and reoxidized by air. Classic blue bottle experiment with fructose. Urine contains a variety of sugars or possibly drugs that would cause the effect.
Better question is why are you keeping your urine?