Hey, chemists!

[swan_tower]

How would you describe the smell of acid? Does it have a smell? (Any kind of acid will do; I'm looking for commonalities here.)

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[diatryma.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I was in lab, but heat goes with acid for me. I was using Hella Sulfuric Acid at one point, and whether it was a genuine smell or me conflating what happens when you clean it up, which is likely because it was in a hood at the time, I remember its fumes smelling hot.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Danke.