Ask a Chemist: Is That Pool Smell Actually Chlorine? (and other questions)
4/16/202632 min
Question and Response #76
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.
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Jam Robinson· Host0:57
Hey, Melissa.
Melissa Collini· Host0:58
Hey, what's up?
Jam Robinson· Host1:00
The people have more questions.
Melissa Collini· Host1:02
Oh my gosh, they do?
Jam Robinson· Host1:04
It's almost like we keep telling them to send them to us.
Melissa Collini· Host1:07
[laughs] I love questions. I love it when people ask questions. I love curiosity, and I love it when I'm able to answer questions.
Jam Robinson· Host1:16
Well, we've got a bunch, and they cover a bunch of things, including, uh, carbon chains and how to refer to them, uh, MRI stuff, kind of following up from Claire's episode, um, uh, pools, pigments, birds,