SRC-IRON-2006 · PRIMARY
Dietmar Glindemann, Andrea Dietrich, Hans-Joachim Staerk & Peter Kuschk · Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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The metallic smell of touched iron ↗
The authors report that the metallic smell noticed after touching iron tools or coins is a type of human body odour, linked to the breakdown of peroxides on the skin; rust, drinking water and blood containing ferrous ions cause a similar metallic odour.
Iron tools and coins handled by people; the source does not study railings or cold outdoor metal, so it applies to them only as touched iron, and the abstract names no single compound.Permanent identifier smellbook:source:two-odours-of-iron-2006 · Graph record (JSON)
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