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The Two Odors of Iron when Touched or Pickled: (Skin) Carbonyl Compounds and Organophosphines
Dietmar Glindemann, Andrea Dietrich, Hans-Joachim Staerk & Peter Kuschk
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
DOI 10.1002/anie.200602100CLM-IRON-001 · VERIFIED
The metallic smell of touched iron
The authors report that the metallic smell noticed after touching iron tools or coins is a type of human body odour, linked to the breakdown of peroxides on the skin; rust, drinking water and blood containing ferrous ions cause a similar metallic odour.
Iron tools and coins handled by people; the source does not study railings or cold outdoor metal, so it applies to them only as touched iron, and the abstract names no single compound.
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