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What is Methyl Mercaptan?
CBS News ^
| Jan 8, 2007
Posted on 01/08/2007 2:31:09 PM PST by presidio9
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:31:10 PM PST
by
presidio9
To: stevie_d_64
I had this overwhelming urge to ping you to this, I'm not sure why...
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:33:18 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: presidio9
They put the smell in there
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:35:34 PM PST
by
ndt
To: presidio9
anyone present due to the odor.Why would anyone want to be present due to the odor?
You'd think the odor would have the opposite effect.
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:36:50 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
To: thackney
My firm's specialty is cleaning mercaptan containers, particularly methyl mercaptan.
To: presidio9
As it oxidizes in your body [and rather rapidly], there's not much harm to be expected from low-level exposure. If you can smell it no longer, but it is around, that means that the concentration is getting high, and the best you could do is to get a gas mask or get yourself out of there.
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:37:58 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: presidio9
Noxious Smell over Manhattan caused by Cheese eating villagers. Nuts also to blame. ;^)
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:38:28 PM PST
by
pipecorp
( Al Lahsucks boat steersman hell)
To: thackney
To: presidio9; Cindy
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:39:27 PM PST
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: presidio9
What is Mercaptan?
??????
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:42:12 PM PST
by
jdm
To: Spirochete
Sounds like an episode of dirty jobs...
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:43:04 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(It's not what you take when you leave this world behind, it's what you leave behind when you go)
To: presidio9
Isn't mercaptan what makes skunks smell like they do?
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:44:32 PM PST
by
CPOSharky
(Year = 365 days. muzzy 'most holy' days = 450. Go figure.)
To: thackney
Scratch and sniff...
But seriously, I can imagine that with increased exposure and levels of saturation in the air that it does displace breathable air/oxygen to the point where it can dibilitate you over time...
I've already been asked if I was in NYC today...And in Sugarland...
I am not Santa Claus!!! I cannot move that fast people!!!
Thanks for the ping "Mr. T"
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:49:24 PM PST
by
stevie_d_64
(Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
To: presidio9
Methyl mercaptan is what makes your urine smell like sulfur after eating asparagus.
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:53:24 PM PST
by
oblomov
(Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee. - von Mises)
To: stevie_d_64
"I can imagine that with increased exposure and levels of saturation in the air that it does displace breathable air/oxygen to the point where it can dibilitate you over time... "
It would saturate hemoglobin and cause asphyxiation way before it displaces oxygen. Luckily, it oxidises even in air, so its half-life is limited. By stinking the place with ammonia the oxidation rate of mercaptans can be increased further.
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posted on
01/08/2007 2:58:11 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/08/2007 3:03:29 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Velveeta; firebrand; Fedora; The Spirit Of Allegiance; Coleus; backhoe; cyborg; hineybona; Cindy; ..
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posted on
01/08/2007 3:04:46 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: jdm
What is...Myrrh-Captain? :-)
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posted on
01/08/2007 3:06:37 PM PST
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: presidio9
Sounds like it's derived from Ethel Mertz, whatever it is.
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/08/2007 3:12:51 PM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
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