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I know this doesn't sound nerdy at all
, but while electricity itself doesn't smell, high voltages traveling through the air, like a lightning storm, can actually ionize oxygen (O2 molecules) basically tearing them apart. They then try to bond with something; often other O2 molecules. This creates an O3 molecule which is otherwise known as ozone. You've probably smelled it before. It has kind of a bleachy, burny smell to it. So, it certainly gives the impression that electricity can have a smell. It certainly can create one.If you think about it, ANY odor, by definition, is something given off by the object and not the object itself, so, in a way, you could argue that electricity "can" smell like something;
