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Andy Napper@GetzlerChem Dad always had a bottle of "turps" in the garage growing up for thinning paint with. I can still remember the smell!
Side-comment: loved the smell of "petrol" growing up. Is this a chemistry marker? Knew a lot of people who hated the smell of petrol, but can't think of any who went on into the central science…
Kevin Breitwieser@QuantumDot2 @GetzlerChem
I never had a problem with the smell of gasoline at gas stations. Kinda liked that. So one more data point for chemists liking gasoline smell I guess?
To be fair, as others mentioned, there are much worse smells in the lab. I used to work with benzocyclopropene and that has a very strong smell (although at least it does not tend to stick around). I probably would still recognize that smell immediately (that and certain organostannanes).
I never had a problem with the smell of gasoline at gas stations. Kinda liked that. So one more data point for chemists liking gasoline smell I guess?
To be fair, as others mentioned, there are much worse smells in the lab. I used to work with benzocyclopropene and that has a very strong smell (although at least it does not tend to stick around). I probably would still recognize that smell immediately (that and certain organostannanes).
@breitwieser @QuantumDot2 I always did like the smell of gasoline. Less so now compared to when I was a kid. Also model kit glue and paint. Pretty sure some of that had benzene in it, having caught the occasional accidental whiff in recent years
@GetzlerChem @breitwieser Yeah, I grew up with Airfix model kits with their glue and paint. :) Certainly some aromatic solvents in those two items. Ha ha - memories
Das@QuantumDot2 @GetzlerChem @breitwieser +1 petrol smell liking! Diesel less so, kerosene pretty ok from what I remember (haven't um sniffed that in a while). Uh is this a #chemist marker? Are our histones and DNA methylated for this?
And yes also model kits that I really wanted to work on - but just had one (too) early on and made a mess.
And yes also model kits that I really wanted to work on - but just had one (too) early on and made a mess.
B Haas@SRDas @QuantumDot2 @GetzlerChem @breitwieser I have always hated the smell of petrol. I became a chemist anyway
Methylzero@QuantumDot2 @GetzlerChem @breitwieser The most aggressive non-lab solvent I remember smelling was whatever was in the glue/rubber-solvent-welding liquid of a bicycle inner tube patching kit. Not sure if those are common globally, so imagine these pre-cut oval patches of rubber with 2 layers, a tougher outer one fused to a thin softer interface layer that is mirror smooth. You smear the glue/solvent around the hole on the inner tube, press on the patch for a few min, then leave it until set/dry.