Comment by smallerize

Comment by smallerize 2 days ago

Gases are also made of particles. Molecules that you can smell are easily a nanometer across.

pama 2 days ago

Nanoparticle as a term has a specific technical definition that does not include a random gas made of organic small molecules, which include most molecules we perceive by smell.

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smallerize 2 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle#Definitions ?

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- chemicalnovae 2 days ago
  
  Sure, and most small organic molecules are an order of magnitude smaller than that definition.
  
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  aeonik a day ago
  
  What? Not an a whole order of magnitude.
  I thought most orderants were around 0.5 to 1nm in diameter.
  
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leephillips 2 days ago

The nanoparticles that are the subject of the article are not single molecules.

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