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Title: Chemical Factors In Selection Of Gas Odorant Constituents
Author: A. D. Nevers
Source: 1979 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1979
Abstract: In the history of gas odorization, attention was initially paid to available odorant materials which were considered to have the best chance of imparting a noticeable and characteristic odor to gas. It was only natural, therefore, that amyl mercaptans and, later, mercaptans derived from petroleum were given the first consideration because these materials did meet primary requirements of availability combined with intense odor and recognizable odor characteristics. These same requirements still apply today as primary requirements for gas odorants, and it is hardly necessary to emphasize that strong smelling odors and odors which appear to possess a smell indicative of gas are of predominant interest before considering other chemical or physical properties of an odorant or its constituents.

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