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The strong smelling substance added to LPG, to help detect its leakage, is:

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ethyl mercaptan
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ethanol
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ethanal
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ethyl butane
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Solution

The correct option is B ethyl mercaptan
LPG gas is basically propane and butane and is odourless in its natural state. The smell that you notice when there is a leak is actually the stench of an entirely different agent, called ethyl mercaptan.

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