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I lived in Denver City, Texas in July 1994 and a pit filled with sulfur which contain mercaptan, as it is found in the production of oil and gas. This pit full of sulfur was the results of Shell Oil Company processing Hydrogen Sulfide Gas into sulfur. this process also contained some Mercaptans (Sulfur plus methane gas molecule). In July 1994 this pit caught on fire with no known cause. The pit was an open pit and if you came close to it you could smell the mercaptans. The official cause was that lightning but if you have ever been around liquid mercaptans you would that it can catch on fire with ease.
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Ethyl mercaptan will burn quite readily. It wouldn't be a very good additive for gas if it didn't. It will also autoignite. The temperature required is relatively high. Autoignition is the temperature at which a material will burn when heated to and is typically tested by taking a drop of a material and dropping it into a vessel at a known temperature. If it ignites when it hits the bottom of the vessel, the autoignition temperature has been exceeded. Most sulfur doesn't contain a lot more hydrogen sulfide than they do mercaptan.
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Does ethyl mercaptan have an oily type substance that it produces?
Ethyl mercaptan is not an oil.
Ethyl mercaptan percent concentration with natural GAS?
None. Ethyl mercaptan is not used to odorize natural gas. The normal odorant used for natural gas is tertiary butyl mercaptan, which is present at a concentration of approximately 0.5 pound/million standard cubic feet of gas.
When was mercaptan first used in natural gas?
"Historically, first gas odorization was carried out in Germany in 1880's by Von Quaglio who used ethyl mercaptan for detecting gas leakages of blue water gas."
If you inject the smelling agent Ethyl Mercaptan into propane will it be toxic and adhere itself to the metal tank?
When produced propane and butane is odorless and colorless. Ethyl mercaptan is the odorant added to propane and butane in the processing and refining process to provide a detectable odor. Under certain conditions the odorant in propane may oxidize and lose its destictive odor. This odor fade can occur in new steel containers when first placed into service and in older steel containers that have been left open to the atmosphere. Air, water, or rust in a propane tank or cylinder can also reduce propane odor concentration. Ethyl mercaptan is toxic although the amount added to propane is non-threatening.
What is the definition of auto-ignite?
In the Grill it mean the their no red button to push the grill will light it self when turned on.
Does ethyl mercaptan have an oily type substance that it produces?
Ethyl mercaptan is not an oil.
What is the substitution chemical to ethyl mercaptan in LPG?
Tetrahydrothiophene and amyl mercaptan are examples; but ethyl mercaptan is preferred now.
Where can you buy ethyl mercaptan?
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Is the ethyl mercaptan of any harm for humans?
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Which compound is added to LPG to detect its leakage?
ethyl mercaptan
What strong smelling substance is added to lpg?
ethyl mercaptan
What chemical is put into methane to make it smell?
Ethyl mercaptan
Which thing is put in lpg gas to smell?
This substance is ethyl mercaptan.
Ethyl mercaptan percent concentration with natural GAS?
None. Ethyl mercaptan is not used to odorize natural gas. The normal odorant used for natural gas is tertiary butyl mercaptan, which is present at a concentration of approximately 0.5 pound/million standard cubic feet of gas.
What is the odor component added in lpg?
ethanithiol ( IUPAC) ethyl mercaptan is added in lpg to detect leakage by the odour.
How can you control the odor of ethyl mercaptan that has been added to propane and butane?
The mercaptan odor has been added specifically to assist in the detection of leaks. If odor from the gas is noticed, the implication is that you have a leak. Attend to it promptly.
When was mercaptan first used in natural gas?
"Historically, first gas odorization was carried out in Germany in 1880's by Von Quaglio who used ethyl mercaptan for detecting gas leakages of blue water gas."
