CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O
Where's the benzene?
Where's the benzene?
Are you referring to:
>Last year the powerful trade group criticized a peer-reviewed study showing gas stoves leak benzene even when they are turned off.
Well, yeah, if you put benzene in the stove, I guess it's gonna leak benzene. Try methane for better results and not fill your cooking devices with cancer gas? This is user error, not the stove's fault.
"Benzene forms in flames and other high-temperature environments, such as the flares found in oil fields and refineries. We now know that benzene also forms in the flames of gas stoves in our homes," said Rob Jackson in a statement.
I've been a fan of Cavity Ring-Down for a couple decades, this demo might help bring the technique into some mainstream laboratories.
Wouldn't mind one of their units on the bench myself.
Also people should be aware benzene is a natural hydrocarbon found in various percentage amounts in oil reservoirs, much more present in the produced crude oil than the crude natual gas, but also often present in small amounts within the refined propane, butane, and other liquified petroleum gas products.
Mainly benzene is also present in almost all gasoline, but limited to 0.5% by volume since the clean air act of 1990.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohi...