Episode
Ask a Chemist: Is That Pool Smell Actually Chlorine? (and other questions)
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- Chemistry For Your Life
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- Apr 16, 2026
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- 1948
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Summary
You asked… so we answered. What do carbon chains have to do with Greek words? How do MRIs make “3D pixels”? Is that pool smell actually chlorine? And wait… are birds blue, or is that just a trick of the light? This episode is a rapid-fire round of your questions, and the chemistry behind them.