Can you sniff something so much that it runs out of smell? For instance if you can smell something on you jacket can you sniff it so much the smell goes away?
2006-10-14 06:51:12 · 16 answers · asked by matt151091 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Theoretically yes, although it could take a very long time. Smells are just chemicals in minute quantaties floating around in the air - after a while the source of the chemicals will be used up.
2006-10-14 10:36:31 · answer #1 · answered by groovyjames2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what it is. Most smells come from the waste product of bactiera. For example, there is bacteria in the stomach that breaksdowns certain nutrients, such as Fiber, producing farts. Seriously :)
Its actually a really good question you are asking. It really, ultimately, depends on the product. But you cannot sniff something so much that it goes away. It might be able to go away with time, though.
2006-10-14 06:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm going to be certain in a couple of minutes because of the fact i've got no longer washed my 3 pair this week...and that i run for an hour or so this time each and each night, and swim some laps while between the swimming pools clears out with human beings.
2016-12-16 07:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not quite the right way to approach this question, folks...
We smell aromas because thyeir molecules fit into receptors in our nose...when all these receptors are blocked we stop smelling the aroma. Case in point...hydrogen disluphide, the stink-bomb gas...smell awful at low concentrations but has no smell at high concentrations..not that you'd notice, because you'd be dead by then!
2006-10-15 02:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by drjaycat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smell is still their but the olfactory nerve doesn't recognize it after constant exposure.
2006-10-14 06:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by hydroco 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are having the same effect on the object as the wind does. i.e. removing the olefactory molecules which are bouncing around on the surface of the object.
2006-10-14 07:00:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well the smell doesnt go away - you just become immune to it. other people can still smell it though :S
2006-10-14 07:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by looby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so... Because the air of the smell rushes away...
And goes into your body or is swepped away through the air.
I think so..
2006-10-14 06:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jay C 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i don't know about a jacket,but i suppose it depends upon what he,she or it ate the night before
2006-10-14 07:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope so, theres this guy at work, who when lets rip, if it didnt run out of smell, we'd all die of asphixiation!
2006-10-14 09:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by chris s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋