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The Two Odors of Iron when Touched or Pickled: (Skin) Carbonyl Compounds and Organophosphines
Author(s) -
Glindemann Dietmar,
Dietrich Andrea,
Staerk HansJoachim,
Kuschk Peter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602100
Subject(s) - odor , chemistry , rust (programming language) , metal , metallurgy , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , computer science , programming language
The smell of money and chemical weapons : The perplexing metallic odor from touching iron tools or coins (see picture) is a type of human body odor linked to the decomposition of skin peroxides. Fe 2+ ion containing rust, drinking water, and blood all cause a similar metallic odor. Another “garlic” metallic odor, that of phosphorus‐alloyed iron under acid attack, is caused by organophosphines, including C–P compounds which are monitored under the Chemical Weapons Convention.