Your kitchen gas has no smell. So what are you smelling?
Natural gas and LPG have little or no smell of their own. The “gas smell” is a sulfur compound (a mercaptan) added on purpose, so a leak can be noticed long before it becomes dangerous.
غاز مطبخك بلا رائحة. فما الذي تشمّه إذن؟
الغاز الطبيعي وغاز البترول المسال لا رائحة لهما تقريبًا. «رائحة الغاز» التي تعرفها مركّب كبريتي (مركابتان) يُضاف عمدًا، لتنتبه للتسرّب قبل أن يصبح خطيرًا.
Sources
- 49 CFR 192.625 – Odorization of gas – US Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR)
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-192/subpart-L/section-192.625 - 29 CFR 1910.110 – Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases (odorizing) – US OSHA
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.110 - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards – Propane – US CDC / NIOSH
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0524.html - What to do if you smell natural gas – Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
https://portal.ct.gov/pura/gas-pipeline-safety/what-to-do-if--you-smell-natural-gas