hydrogen sulfide
noun
: a flammable poisonous gas H2S that has an odor suggestive of rotten eggs and is found especially in many mineral waters and in putrefying matter
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In 1948, The Indianapolis News reported the coke plant was found to be emitting hydrogen sulfide gas, the likely culprit of the purple houses.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
The odor test showed the lake’s hydrogen sulfide levels were at 0.3 parts per million.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Testing also was done to check the levels of hydrogen sulfide, often characterized as a rotten egg smell.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Scientists can finally predict a chemical’s odor without having a human sniff it
By Simon Makin
To a human nose, hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs, geranyl acetate like roses.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
The state legislation specified that Suncor needed to monitor the air for hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen cyanide and benzene.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
In the last year, the landfill’s air monitoring stations have reported thousands of hourly readings of smelly hydrogen sulfide in excess of the state’s short-term exposure limit, including several that were more than 10 times above that threshold.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
While waiting for agreements to get penned, the district is paying close attention to the recorded levels of hydrogen sulfide.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
In 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft discovered that the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — which is too far to actually travel to — had molecules rich in hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, which smell like rotten eggs and urine, respectively, per Space.com.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
The odor test showed the lake’s hydrogen sulfide levels were at 0.3 parts per million.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Testing also was done to check the levels of hydrogen sulfide, often characterized as a rotten egg smell.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Scientists can finally predict a chemical’s odor without having a human sniff it
By Simon Makin
To a human nose, hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs, geranyl acetate like roses.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
The state legislation specified that Suncor needed to monitor the air for hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen cyanide and benzene.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
In the last year, the landfill’s air monitoring stations have reported thousands of hourly readings of smelly hydrogen sulfide in excess of the state’s short-term exposure limit, including several that were more than 10 times above that threshold.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
While waiting for agreements to get penned, the district is paying close attention to the recorded levels of hydrogen sulfide.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
In 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft discovered that the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — which is too far to actually travel to — had molecules rich in hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, which smell like rotten eggs and urine, respectively, per Space.com.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
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