Showing posts with label chemistry lab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chemistry lab. Show all posts

Jul 31, 2013

The Chemistry Lab Casualty

Hydrogen Sulfide smells like rotten eggs. Sulfur Dioxide has a smell of burning Sulfur. Ammonia has a pungent smell. Well, at least that's what the books say. For as long as I can remember, I have had a really hard time describing smells like these. How was I supposed to detect Sulfur Dioxide by smelling it if I had no idea how burning sulfur smelt like?