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Originally Posted by Simfish InquilineKea
hm, I would expect more impurities (as gasoline composition does vary from place to place, doesn't it?
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Like I said, there are a few more listed in the
MSDS that are not common to all gasoline but are manufacturer specific. Lead would be a big one. Leaded gasoline still exists and the health consequences of lead are very well known.
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Originally Posted by Simfish InquilineKea
is how do the exhaust gases compare in composition to the pure gases?
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The most obvious decomposition products for gasoline are carbon monoxide (
), carbon dioxide (
), and water (
).
But, I would imagine there are others such as oxides of nitrogen and sulfur. The most dangerous is clearly carbon monoxide which can kill a person very quickly. Sulfur dioxide also isn't a good thing to be breathing. I'll try and find a list of the decomposition products as I'm just kind of guessing at these.
Also - any one of the ingredients listed in the MSDS and the table above should be considered present in the exhaust. In other words: the exhaust is going to have benzene.
-modest
