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“Oldie But a Goodie” From 1981 Phew! My Hot Water Smells Like Rotten Eggs
Author(s) -
Hack David J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1996.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - odor , hydrogen sulfide , taste , hydrogen sulphide , environmental science , chemistry , ecology , food science , biology , materials science , metallurgy , sulfur , organic chemistry
Taste and odor problems can affect hot or cold water, but hot water problems usually bring complaints of smells like rotten eggs. The rotten egg odor is caused by hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. The odor is repulsive, but the gas is not usually harmful at the low concentrations that occur in a household water system.