Is odor physical or chemical

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it is a chemical component which gives bad odor

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Is a odor a physical or chemical change?

AnswerNeither. Odor is not a change at all. Odor is airborne molecules that have a particular smell. A change is a process and odor is not a process. The things which cause odors can be either physical or chemical. For instance, the body odor is caused by chemical changes, but if you open jar of a smelly chemical, that is a physical change (some of the molecules of the chemical are evaporating and are thus airborne).When talking about mixing chemicals and substances, a change in odor is a chemical change.(I assume this is what you meant when you asked is odor a chemical or physical change)

Is pungent odor a chemical solution or physical?

Physical

Is Vinegar has a pungent odor physical or chemical?

physical

Is odor a chemical or a physical?

Odor results from chemical reactions. Sensors in your nostrils bind with specific compounds in the air to detect scents. But this is not to be confused with the fact that odor is a physical property.

Are properties such odor color density and solubility physical or chemical properties?

Color and density are physical properties. Odor and solubility are chemical properties.

Is a skunk producing odor physical or chemical change?

chemical

Is Pungent odor a physical or chemical change?

It would be a physical change because it is not changing the chemical composition.

Is odorless gas a chemical property or a physical property?

Odor is a chemical property.

Is odor is physical property?

Partly but it is also a chemical property.

Is odor physical property or chemical property?

Odor is by many considered as chemical interaction with nasal odor receptors, though this is still under dispute.I, personally, would be more of the 'physical' odor perception, because the odor-creating molecules (eg. in perfume) do not change at all while being 'percepted' in your nose.However there are also undoubtly pure chemical odor perceptions, like those of (gaseous) 'acids', 'ammonia', 'formalin' and hydrogen sulfide.

Is gasoline leaving an odor and drying a chemical or physical change?

Both

What chemical property of a substance and is detected by the sense of smell?

Odor; Physical