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Periodic graphics: The chemistry of air fresheners

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning sniffs out an answer to the question of whether air fresheners actually ‘kill’ bad odors

by Andy Brunning
February 19, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 8

To download a pdf of this article, visit http://cenm.ag/airfresheners.


References used to create this graphic:

Molecule of the week: Cyclodextrins

How and why Febreze clears away stink

Take a whiff of chemistry

Cyclodextrins and their uses: a review

Is there danger from scented products?


A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit http://cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.

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