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Re: What's that smell.
Robert Clark — (archived)

This page claims it's nitrous oxide, N2O, otherwise known as "laughing gas":

The Smell of Ozone
http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/200207/2002.07.27.02.html

But this page claims it's nitrous dioxide, NO2, a toxic gas:

Hazards of Ozone
http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/200207/2002.07.30.05.html

I've also seen other sources that claim ozone has an odor, though perhaps they were speaking generally of an odor produced during electrical arcing in air.

Bob Clark

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