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What is the smell of arsenic?

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Arsenic when heated will form Arsenic Trioxide which has an order resembling garlic.

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The element arsenic is both colorless and odorless. It is sometimes confused with cyanide, which smells like bitter almonds. Both are poisons.

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Cyanide gas is said to smell like almonds, or bitter almonds.

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It doesn't have one. Don't sniff arsenic to try to find this out; it will kill you.

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Sorry, I'm wrong! Should NOT count on TV to be accurate!

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It has the taste of cherry pie.

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No.

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Arsenic does have a particular smell that is almost natural. Some people however cannot smell the smell that arsenic has.


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