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Friday 06 Apr 2007: The smell of gas
To facilitate human detection of any leaks of the odourless gases that make up LPG and natural gas, a tiny amount of the very "smelly" substance ethanethiol is usually added. Natural gas in Dutch households "smells" differently due to the use of a different additive, tetrahydrothiophene (THT).

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