MOLECULE
Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Fresh Carpet.
Reported volatile · the claim says “mainly released”
New carpets measured in a 20 m³ environmental chamber emitted a variety of volatile organic compounds; the two with styrene-butadiene rubber latex mainly released 4-phenylcyclohexene, identified as the source of the 'new carpet' odour, and styrene.
Scope: Four carpet types collected at manufacturers' mills (study published 1993); backings and adhesives change the emissions. CLM-CARPET-001 ↗
PPBRXRYQALVLMV-UHFFFAOYSA-NChecked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-03 (identifier check run 37117518739). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.
SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.
Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:styrene · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). styrene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 389. smellbook:molecule:styrene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/styrene
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 389.