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CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O Where's the benzene?
by panny 3y ago
CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O
Where's the benzene?
- jpk 3y agoThe gas piped into homes isn't 100% pure methane.
- _aavaa_ 3y agoIf only it were so simple. The article directly describes where the benzene comes from.
- panny 3y ago>The article directly describes where the benzene comes from. Are you referring to: >Last year the powerful trade group criticized a peer-reviewed study showing gas stoves leak benzene even when they are turned off. Well, yeah, if you put benzene in the stove, I guess it's gonna leak benzene. Try methane for better results and not fill your cooking devices with cancer gas? This is user error, not the stove's fault.
- dredmorbius 3y agoFrom TFA: "Benzene forms in flames and other high-temperature environments, such as the flares found in oil fields and refineries. We now know that benzene also forms in the flames of gas stoves in our homes," said Rob Jackson in a statement.
- fuzzfactor 3y agoThe instrumentation used does look groundbreaking and amazingly sensitive to benzene (also other trace toxins when targeted), calibration with known reference material looks excellent, with good correlation to established GC-MS, but there may not be complete data on possible false positive responses compared to GC-MS. I've been a fan of Cavity Ring-Down for a couple decades, this demo might help bring the technique into some mainstream laboratories. Wouldn't mind one of their units on the bench myself. Also people should be aware benzene is a natural hydrocarbon found in various percentage amounts in oil reservoirs, much more present in the produced crude oil than the crude natual gas, but also often present in small amounts within the refined propane, butane, and other liquified petroleum gas products. Mainly benzene is also present in almost all gasoline, but limited to 0.5% by volume since the clean air act of 1990.
- panny 3y agoThe same news outlet that called East Palestine a "controlled burn" now wants me to worry about incomplete combustion products from gas stoves... seriously? https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohi...
- swifthesitation 3y agoIf I recall correctly, it had something to do with the manufacturing of the pipes used for gas stoves. I need to find the source.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoI think you’re citing a theoretical reaction. Actual, likely is imperfect and creates the undesirable byproducts.