Does sugar and soda smell?

Our body perceives odor due to the reaction of special receptors in the nose with molecules of various substances and with the subsequent processing of signals from these receptors by the cerebral cortex. But in order for the molecules to get to the receptors in the nose, the substance must be fairly well volatile and volatile. For example, perfume. However, if the substance under normal conditions has a solid state of aggregation, then it will not have a smell. Sugar and soda are solid, so it can be argued that they are odorless. However, it should be clarified that related substances (impurities), as well as odorless decomposition products, can have a smell.



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