Sulfur will bind to the mercury and soak it up (why it's also called "mercaptan"). From Wordnik.com. [lit by knowledge and the fireflies above] Reference
But the smell of mercaptan certainly is unpleasant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
But the city has not yet determined it was a mercaptan leak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
PHILLIPS: Soledad, real quickly, so can mercaptan be harmful?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
CHO: Now, you may have heard the mayor say the word mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
The worst is methyl mercaptan, which smells like stale sewage. From Wordnik.com. [Here is the news] Reference
And now there is a smell in the air which he says is mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
QUESTION: If it were a mercaptan kind of leak, where would it be coming from?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
So maybe there's not been a natural gas leak but there's been a mercaptan leak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
I have certainly seen mercaptan-laden wines get gold medal scores from 'experts'. From Wordnik.com. [Hudson Valley Wine & Grape Association's 5th Annual Hudson Valley Wine Competition] Reference
But one possibility the mayor of New York raised this morning is, it may be mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
You know, natural gas is odorless and colorless, which is why they add this mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
We tried cayenne pepper and n-butyl mercaptan -- the main ingredient in "polecat essence.". From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
I love the smell of butyl mercaptan in the morning, it reminds me of .... blarrrrrrgh. From Wordnik.com. [I love the smell of butyl mercaptan in the morning, it reminds me of....blarrrrrrgh....] Reference
Natural gas is odorless on its own, so mercaptan is added to make it easier to detect leaks. From Wordnik.com. [Connected?] Reference
The stuff smelled like a mixture of spirits of ammonia and butyl mercaptan, but it did the job. From Wordnik.com. [The Highest Treason] Reference
Reader comment: Robert says: Methyl mercaptan smells like, but does not come from, rotten cabbage. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 25, 2005 - December 31, 2005 Archives] Reference
Maybe, potentially it could be a mercaptan leak, and as he pointed out, it's an additive to natural gas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
Methyl mercaptan, that's an additive they add to natural gas to make it smell, smells like rotten cabbage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
And you can go online and learn a little bit more about this methyl mercaptan that Brian was talking about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005] Reference
Most could pick up the smell of methyl mercaptan, a sulfur compound released as our guts digest the vegetable. From Wordnik.com. [23AndMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics] Reference
Emitted gases are dominated by hydrogen sulfide, dimethyl sulfide (DMS), propyl sulfide, and methyl mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [Global material cycles] Reference
And right now there are some theories that either there is some kind of a leak of natural gas or mercaptan in New Jersey. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
And that mercaptan is the actual chemical -- it's a manufactured chemical -- that people are smelling now across the city. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
COLLINS: Yes, and it is a little bit confusing, too, Alina, because he went on to say, what you are smelling is mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
A tiny amount of this methyl mercaptan you could smell it and so you could make it quite easily, very accessible ingredients. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
Generally, the concentrations of the gas aren't strong enough to be harmful, but the smell of mercaptan certainly is unpleasant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
So according to the mayor, even though the smell is the same, he has said that it's mercaptan that people are smelling all over the place. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
When the court applies the smell test, Norm would have a better chance submitting an old Gorgonzola encased in a pure mercaptan atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won] Reference
Its active component is a mercaptan that can penetrate the blood brain barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference
PG&E is still trying to determine the specific site where the mercaptan was added, he said. From Wordnik.com. [KCRA.com - Local News] Reference
The sense of smell perceives 604,000,000 of a milligram of mercaptan in the air we breathe. From Wordnik.com. [Part III, Chapter VI of "Uranie"] Reference
So he talked about mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
So you'd need much less mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
But mercaptan is essentially an additive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
The actual name is methanethiol mercaptan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
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