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A typical natural gas range probably releases more than 66g of unburnt hydrocarbons into your home.
by ashtonkem 5y ago
A typical natural gas range probably releases more than 66g of unburnt hydrocarbons into your home.
- userbinator 5y agoNatural gas is basically methane, which is around 16g/mol. 1mol of gas at STP is 22.4L, so 66g of methane is around 90L. A typical gas range has a flow rate of a few cubic meters per hour, or a few liters per minute. So just to get 66g of unburnt gas released, you'd need to leave a burner un-ignited for most of an hour, or considerably longer if it was burning.
- KaiserPro 5y agothis is true, but it stinks, so you know its doing it. If there was no added smell, I could easily leak 66 grams into the house without knowing.