Uses of Products Obtained in Fractional Distillation
The strong sm...
Question
The strong smelling substance added to LPG, to help detect its leakage, is:
A
ethyl mercaptan
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B
ethanol
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C
ethanal
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D
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.