<VV> Catalytic Converter for Corvair

[Mike Jacobi]

Once there was a corvair guy
But now he is no more
Cause what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

Mike( still struggling with Chemistry 101) in Michigan


On 3/25/08 10:15 AM, "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net> wrote:

> 
> Craig is close on the rotten egg smell.  The smell is from Sulfur Dioxide
> (SO2) which could be a product of the thermal decay of sulfuric acid
> (H2SO4). 
> 
> No, it isn't!  The "rotten egg" smell is hydrogen sulfide, H2S which is
> formed by the catalysis of HC and residual sulfur in the exhaust.  H2S is
> whoppingly hydrophilic, and will readily form H2SO4 by hydrolysis
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
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