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Topic: What smells good? (Read 8359 times)
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VOiD
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I live in what you might call an upscale suburban neighbourhood, full of nice gardens and greenery. One of the most popular trees in said gardens is lilac. Just a couple of days ago they burst into bloom, and it's one of the most wonderful smells known to man, at least to this man.
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Galactic
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Flowers. Water. Air. Grass. Trees. Glue
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« Last Edit: June 16, 2007, 11:16:47 pm by Galactic »
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Valaggar
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Air and water have no smell unless something else is dissolved in them.
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Uejji
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While the chemical compound water is an odorless substance, air is a generic name for the collection of gases that happens to be around us, any of which could have an odor.
As for the accepted makeup of the Earth's atmosphere, it does contain several trace elements that do have an odor, such as iodine and ozone.
Also, substances cannot be dissolved in a gas.
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Valaggar
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I was referring to the air usually found around us (better said in "canonical" form), not the air above a waste dump. Also, trace elements are too dilute to make us consciously sense a smell.
Also, gases can dissolve in gases. Air itself is a solution. See Wikipedia.
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This topic sucks now, I'm gonna try and close it or something.
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