For those interested.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tert-Butylthiol
Odo(u)r threshold is <0.33 parts per billion. 300 mL is probably enough for an entire cities gas lines.... :) I used *a lot of bleach* to clean the glass ware after that reaction.....LOL. On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 1:03 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 27, 2020, at 10:56 PM, alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Talk about ammonia. The thing I fear most when driving, especially on a > highway is a tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia. Several have crashed with > resultant release of clear low-hanging clouds of ammonia gas. If you drive > thru one your lungs instinctively close and you suffocate while driving at > speed. > > One night I was listening to the scanner and they started toning out every > fire department and rescue squad for 30 miles around. The cooling system at > a local poultry plant leaked and they have to evacuate over a hundred > people. Eight had to be take to the hospital which used up three quarters > of the ambulances in the area. The others were treating people on site. > Fortunately there were no other major incidents for several hours and even > then they had rescue squads from 30 minutes away filling quarters. > > I highly recommend the book *Hostile Waters*. It's about a Soviet nuclear > missile sub that had a seawater leak into one of the missile tubes. There > was a reaction with the solid rocket fuel that progressively filled the > entire boat with nitric acid vapor. It's a harrowing story. You can't put > the book down. It's on Amazon (buy a used copy): > > https://www.amazon.com/Hostile-Waters-Peter-Huchthausen/dp/0312169280 > > > They made a movie out of it. I haven't seen it but a friend told me it was > crap compared to the book. > > > On May 27, 2020, at 10:11 PM, Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I distinctly remember the sweet smell of benzene (used as the solvent for > the reaction).....that certainly wouldn't happen today.... > > > When I worked for a local printer the pressmen used copious amounts of > something called "blanket wash". They poured the stuff onto lint-free rags > and cleaned the printers with it. No gloves. I'm not sure but I think it > was largely or entirely straight up benzene. > > > As for smells, using 300 mL of tert-butyl mercaptan isn't for the feint of > heart either....we had the fire-brigade called out a few times on that > one... > > > That's funny. I live next to a major highway and I occasionally get a > whiff of something like that. Always seems to be after dark. I wonder what > it could be? > > One of the guys on the Old Christmas Lights list told us that he used to > chew the silvery tinsel they put on Xmas trees back in the Good Old Days. > It was of course elemental lead. He said it had a very nice sweet taste. > > My freshman year in college we had a two hour lab once a week. I was > appalled. No one knew how to pour from a reagent bottle or how to keep a > scoop from being contaminated and the grad students running the lab didn't > blink a lash. In High School our teacher spent three days on procedures and > techniques like that. > > > That summer chemistry class was a blast. I had nitric acid stains on my > hands the rest of the year. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't > go away.”–Philip K. Dick, *I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/B603C0C8-44EA-414C-9EDF-178B147332C6%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/B603C0C8-44EA-414C-9EDF-178B147332C6%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLuiWYxBHgSLL1MXwuG-ruCVrEaj0hyRanJw-v2bCb5mg%40mail.gmail.com.
