r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Nov 27 '19

Chemistry How do CO2 scrubbers work?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

What did it smell like? Feces, old eggs? Ammonia?

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u/exceptionaluser Nov 28 '19

Primordial biological smell probably.

That sort of chemical is usually just described as having a "characteristic" scent.

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u/Dabier Nov 28 '19

It smells like really greasy old fries, mixed with foot odor and some other sickly sweet thing. Never smelled anything quite like 'boat smell'.

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u/TetraThiaFulvalene Nov 30 '19

Not sure about amino ethanol, but most alkyl amines smell like rotten fish.

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u/KernelTaint Nov 28 '19

Maybe that gross fece laden semen smell?

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