Just snaked a basement drain - so what IS this black stuff, anyway?

Anyone have an idea of the chemical composition of the thick black liquid that emerges when you snake a drain?

Smells like sulfur and also like dirt.

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bryanscholtes
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It's drain goop, decomposing crap emitting sulfur dioxide gas.

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Meat Plow

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

All the stuff that comes off your body and stagnates in the drain.

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RobertPatrick

Last I checked, it was

Su3 Lf2 Er3 -Di Rt4. Not to be confused with NaCl, or NaHCO3, or any of the other household chemicals.

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Stormin Mormon

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