Welcome back Year Twelve.
This link is from excellent Royal Society for Chemistry magazine – The Mole (note the link to all the back copies is on the department useful links page). Here it asks why death smells…
“Crime novelists and war reporters often refer to the ‘smell of death’ when encountering a dead or decomposing body. The characteristic odours of rotting flesh are difficult to forget once experienced and are generally recognised as being worth avoiding, but what is it that makes a dead body smell so bad?”
This should help you with your Materials Revolution work.
Dr Kissick.