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> Like the hydrogen sulfide added to natural gas to allow folks to smell a gas leak. I am 100% sure that the smell they add to natural gas does not smell like
by throwaway150 2y ago
> Like the hydrogen sulfide added to natural gas to allow folks to smell a gas leak.
I am 100% sure that the smell they add to natural gas does not smell like rotten eggs.
- beacon294 2y agoThey add mercaptan which is like 1000x the rotten egg smell of H2S.
- taejo 2y agoMercaptan is a group of compounds, more than one of which are used as gas odorants, so in some places, gas smells of rotten eggs, similar to H2S, while in others gas doesn't smell like that at all, but a quite distinct smell that's reminiscent garlic and durian.
- hyperbrainer 2y agoyou are lucky to not have smelled metacarpan (which is what is actually put in). Much much worse than H2S
- throwaway150 2y agoI have. It's worse no doubt. But it's not the smell of rotten eggs. My comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek to correct the mistake of saying "H2S" in the GP comment.
- hyperbrainer 2y agoIf that is the case (and I have no reason to believe otherwise), I apologise. Should work on detecting tone better.