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No. Natural gas is mostly methane, an odorless gas. The smell you detect is a compound called methyl mercaptan, a mostly natural substance found in the blood, brain, and some other animal and plant tissues. It's present in feces, and occurs naturally in certain foods such as cabbage, some types of nuts and cheese. It is the main chemical responsible for bad breath and the smell of farts. The human sense of smell is very well adapted to detect it's odor in minute quantities, as low as 0.002 ppm. Though some natural gas wells contain methyl mercaptan, it's mostly added to the gas by the distributors as a means of detecting leaks.
The odor most commonly associated with acetone is nail polish remover, which smells nothing at all like farts!
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What is the scent given to natural gas to help detect leaks?
odor
What does a gas leak smell like?
A leak of piped natural gas will smell something like rotten eggs because a mercaptan (a sulfur containing compound with a distinctive penetrating odor) is added to the gas before distribution. Natural gas as removed directly from the ground has no odor.
Is acetone vapor or gas?
Acetone is usually a liquid.
What do they put in natural gas to make it smell like eggs?
Mercaptan. Methane, which is the primary ingredient of natural gas, is odorless and colorless. The gas company adds a chemical called mercaptan, which gives natural gas a recognizable sulfur or rotten egg odor.
Why is a specific smell is added to natural gas before it is supplied to the consumer?
So the consumer can see if there is a gas leak. Gas normally has no odor and it thus undetectable.
When was odor added to natural gas?
It was started in the United States in 1937 after a school explosion in New London, Texas caused by a natural gas/air mixture due. Texas started adding odor to natural gas, and it eventually was done across the world.
What is the scent given to natural gas to help detect leaks?
odor
What does a gas leak smell like?
A leak of piped natural gas will smell something like rotten eggs because a mercaptan (a sulfur containing compound with a distinctive penetrating odor) is added to the gas before distribution. Natural gas as removed directly from the ground has no odor.
Does propane have an odor BEFORE any aditives?
No. natural propane is an odorless gas.
Was rotten egg odor added to natural gas in Texas so inspectors could find gas leaks in lines by watching vulchers?
No! The rotten egg odor you smell is probably sulfur gas.
What is the soluvent in natural gas?
There is no 'solvent' in pure natural gas. Pure natural gas is methane (colorless and odorless). The natural gas used in stoves has methylmercaptan mixed with the methane to give the gas an odor to help detect leaks. In this case the methane is the solvent and methylmecaptan is the solute.
Which gas used in houses for cooking?
The gas of choice used in houses for cooking is propane. This is a natural gas which doesn't have an aftersmell or odor when ignited.
Is acetone vapor or gas?
Acetone is usually a liquid.
What is the colour and odor of natural gas?
Natural gas has no color and it also has no odour. The odour that you can smell that is associated with gas, is man-made so that humans know that there is a gas leak. Otherwise, it would simply kill you :)
Is acetone a gas?
no
What do they put in natural gas to make it smell like eggs?
Mercaptan. Methane, which is the primary ingredient of natural gas, is odorless and colorless. The gas company adds a chemical called mercaptan, which gives natural gas a recognizable sulfur or rotten egg odor.
Is an odor a gas?
No. But some gasses have odors. Natural gas doesn't have an odor but sulfur is added so it can be smelled. Otherwise a leak could go undetected and cause the death of someone living in a house.
