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Originally Posted by JackandJanet
Ouch! I'd forgotten about that! I DO think you're right about it being regulated, probably to prevent formation of sulfuric acid compounds, which ARE dangerous. And, I see from Wikipedia that some people can have deadly allergic reactions to it. However, we all know from chemistry lab days that it takes very little sulfur dioxide to make a stink bomb and you certainly smell it around geysers, volcanoes and even some hot springs.
I imagine our noses are very sensitive to even minute amounts of that compound - amounts that are below any regulated limit.
Thanks for keeping me humble and reminding me I don't know everything, Lars!
- Jack
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Oh Jack, I am not trying to humble you. I just had a flash back to the early 90's when they started to make diesel "dryer". They took out a lot more of the lubrication of the fuel by doing this and a lot of those motors fell prone to failure.
Does sulfur create the same compounds when it burns regardless if it is spark ignition(gas) or compression ignition(diesel)?