I take a bottle of water to rk, sometimes I forget I have it there, and the next da when I open to drink from it, it smeels bad. Not horrible bad, just like a weird smell, shouldnt water be odorless?
2006-08-04 06:07:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Solid question, I'm curious. A lake does not stink when it thaws in the spring, so obviously it must have something to do with refrigeration.
2006-08-04 06:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you using the same bottle over and over without changing it? Never heard of this before and I have been freezing water in bottles and taking them to work for about 7 years. I only use the bottles a couple times and then get new ones. I also use a 'Pure' water filter on my tap which is awesome- I love it.
Are you using tap water to fill the bottles? Some tap water (especially in the county) might have some sulfur in it that would make it smell like rotten eggs.
I wouldn't leave it unattended anymore either. If someone IS tampering with it, that could be the cause of the odor.
Have a great day!!!!
2006-08-04 13:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure water is odorless. If there is a smell, it could be several things. If you're filling up your water from the tap, it's likely that you're smelling either the chemicals used to make the water safe for public consumption, or you could be smelling trace elements from metal piping if it is used in your area. Also during the hotter months, water purity tends to fall a bit as spring runoff and fresh water supply starts to taper off. And in some places, treated sewage water that is deemed "safe to drink" can be mixed back into the public water supply.
Drink up! At least 10 to 12 cups of water a day!
2006-08-04 13:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by Valkanas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, that's actually never happened to me before.
But one idea-- have you heard of cross-contamination?
If you keep, for example, a pile of onion-marinated steak next to your water in the freezer, while they're both not frozen yet, the molecules/particles of substance within the air of the meat might go onto the ice... so when it melts, the odor is released.
I'm not sure though. but have you noticed it smelling like some food that was in the fridge before, but all... rotten?
2006-08-04 13:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by Zyxxin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria! 2 Points!
2006-08-04 13:10:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water is not 100% H2O pure unless you're in a sciece lab or something, so there is always something else in it to smell.
2006-08-04 13:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by _Kraygh_ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ice probably trapped some stinky gases when it formed. When the ice melts, the pocket of gas escape and the odor is released.
2006-08-04 13:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Aaronkun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it does it is a product of bad water. If it is clean, filtered, water then this does not happen. It only occurs when there are contaminates present.
2006-08-04 13:12:36 · answer #8 · answered by pablo h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably not the water, but something in the bottle that is giving you the musty smell.
2006-08-04 13:11:33 · answer #9 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoah. I don't think I ever tried to smell melting ice (frozen water)
2006-08-04 13:10:16 · answer #10 · answered by Gina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋