smolgaybigcity t1_ja62ydy wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:48 AM Reply to comment by ECatPlay in If the fuel that goes in car engines is extracted from hydrocarbons, which consist of only Hydrogen and Carbon, and those hydrocarbons react with Oxygen in the air (combustion reaction), to produce CO2 and H2O, why do we get a bad smell from car exhaust fumes if both gases are odorless? by Protoflare N2O2 is another byproduct, albeit produced in the lowest amounts, but still happens. It has an acrid odor. Permalink Parent 19
smolgaybigcity t1_ja62ydy wrote
Reply to comment by ECatPlay in If the fuel that goes in car engines is extracted from hydrocarbons, which consist of only Hydrogen and Carbon, and those hydrocarbons react with Oxygen in the air (combustion reaction), to produce CO2 and H2O, why do we get a bad smell from car exhaust fumes if both gases are odorless? by Protoflare
N2O2 is another byproduct, albeit produced in the lowest amounts, but still happens. It has an acrid odor.