Why does some gas stink and some not?

Answer 1

Methane (CH4)

Answer 2

The smell of gas is due to the presence of sulfur-containing compounds like mercaptans. These compounds are added to odorless gases like natural gas to help detect leaks. Other gases, like oxygen or nitrogen, are odorless because they do not contain these sulfur compounds.

Answer 3

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Gasoline on the tongue presents more of a "mouth feel" and a smell than a typical taste, not really posesssing any of the flavor components sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and savory. Gasoline has a somewhat oily but sharply pungent, harsh taste, accompanied by an almost painfully strong aroma.

Needless to say, gasoline is highly poisonous when ingested, breathed, or absorbed.

IT TASTES BAD. IT TASTES LIKE IT SMELLS. AFTER IT HAS GONE YOUR MOUTH IS ALL MONGLED UP AND WEIRD.

Answer 4

If a person inhales too much of the gasoline's odor, it could become a health hazard. In the near future, a person could get different kinds of side-effects after inhaling too much of the odor. Go to the site below to learn more of the risks of smelling gasoline.

Answer 5

This depends on the gas. Natural gas and liquid propane have sulfur added to them so people can detect a leak. Gas from humans smell that way mainly because of methane.

Answer 6

Gasoline has a distinct smell. It smells strong, like petroleum and it can cause a person to feel ill if it is smelled too long.

Answer 7

It is a colorless, ODORLESS, gas. It has no discernible smell.

Answer 8

Propane doesn't have a smell. They put sulphur in propane so that when it leaks you know it is leaking.

Answer 9

In a way everything has an odor, humans just can not pick all of them up. For instance icebergs make an incredibly low noise that some animals hear but we cant.

Answer 10

The cause is the ethyl mercaptan contained.