What does fermium smell like?

Answer 1

Fluorine has a strong pungent smell.Fluorine is is poisonous gas and pure form in air can last transiently and react instantly with most substances. It react with water forms hydroflouric acid, which again is poisonous and highly corrosive eroding skin,eyes,nasal pathway.When fluorine fume is inhaled this will be formed in the body surface causing potential damages.So smelling fluorine even at lower amount is dangerous...

Answer 2

Fermium is a man-made element that is highly radioactive and is not found in nature in detectable amounts. Since an individual is unlikely to come into contact with fermium, its smell has not been described.

Answer 3

Fermium probably don't smell.