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Petrol is also toxic, that said I have no clue about the relative toxicity.
by _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
Petrol is also toxic, that said I have no clue about the relative toxicity.
- semi-extrinsic 8y agoPetrol is safe enough that you can let untrained people pour it from one tank to another. Spill a little, no problem. Ammonia is a gas at standard temperature, and will be transported and used as a liquid under pressure. If you expose liquid ammonia to the atmosphere, all of it boils off rapidly. The IDLH (immediate danger to life and health) limit for ammonia is 300 parts per million. If you release 15 grams of ammonia inside a typical garage, you have exceeded the IDLH threshold. If you spill just 1 gram, the smell is so strong the average person is running away in fear.
- Dylan16807 8y ago> If you spill just 1 gram, the smell is so strong the average person is running away in fear. That's a safety feature.
- marcosdumay 8y agoYes. With natural gas we have to add it, in ammonia it's there for free.
- jacobush 8y agoSpill some gas/petrol, wait a couple of minutes, and most of the toxicity is gone and no harm done to you except that you have increased your chance, very slightly, of getting cancer during your lifespan. Spill ammonia? https://www.vyperlook.com/extreme-things/policeman-killed-instantly-by-an-ammonia-gas-tank/ https://www.vyperlook.com/extreme-things/policeman-killed-in...
- marcosdumay 8y agoAmmonia being a gas, it's better compared to natural gas than liquid hydrocarbons. You don't want common people handling it directly, you want safeguards every few inches on ducts that transport them and you will still have deaths caused by them every so often.