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Cyanide is the agent commonly associated with the smell of almonds. It is a highly toxic compound that can be found in various forms, including hydrogen cyanide gas and cyanide salts. Notably, not everyone can detect the almond odor due to genetic variations in olfactory receptors. However, the presence of an almond smell can be a critical indicator of cyanide exposure.
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What chemical agent has smell of bitter almonds?
Cyanide smells of almonds.
What does cyanide smell like when it is present in almonds?
Cyanide smells like bitter almonds when it is present in almonds.
What drug smells like almonds?
Cyanide poisoning can make the breath smell like almonds.
Which word is a linking verb in the sentence The special hand lotion your grandmother uses smells a bit like almonds?
The linking verb is smells (lotion -> almonds).
What does the term smells like bitter almonds mean?
Arsenic or rat poison as it more commonly know smells like bitter almonds. I found this out from the great Edgar Allen Poe :)
What poison smells like a common nut?
Cyanide, although it smells of almonds only about two thirds of people can smell it.
What compound releases toxic sweet flower smells?
cyanide --- probably hydrogen cyanide gas supposedly smells like almonds.
What gas smells like bitter almonds?
Hydrogen cyanide gas smells like bitter almonds. This odor is often compared to the smell of cyanide, which is a deadly poison. It is important to note that a person's ability to detect this odor can vary.
What explosive smells like almonds?
The smell of almonds can be indicative of the presence of hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, which has a bitter almond-like scent in low concentrations. However, there are no explosives that naturally smell like almonds.
What is the agent AC supposed to smell like?
almonds or peach kernels
What does cyanide smell like, and why is it often described as having an almond-like scent?
Cyanide has a bitter almond-like smell. This is because cyanide compounds release a chemical that smells like almonds when they react with enzymes in the body.
What does nitrogen smell like?
"Cyanide" is the polyatomic ion CN-. Compounds of cyanide reportedly tend to smell like "bitter almonds" (as opposed to sweet almonds, which smell like benzaldehyde); they're toxic enough I don't go around intentionally sniffing them.
