Research Article
Characterization of Sulfur Compounds in MTBE
Table 2
Common sulfur compounds in MTBE.
| Sulfur compounds | Sulfur forms, S% | MTBE01 | MTBE02 | MTBE03 | MTBE04 | MTBE05 |
| Methanethiol | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00018 | Ethanethiol | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00016 | 0.00041 | Dimethyl sulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00014 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00046 | tert-Butanothiol | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00005 | 0.00000 | Isobutanothiol | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00008 | 0.00000 | Diethyl sulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00075 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | Isopropyl methyl sulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00014 | 0.00000 | 0.00054 | Dimethyl disulfide | 0.00005 | 0.02440 | 0.12556 | 0.01990 | 0.04910 | Methyl ethyl disulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00106 | 0.05485 | 0.00200 | 0.00250 | Diethyl disulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00386 | 0.00041 | 0.00014 | Propyl methyl disulfide | 0.00000 | 0.00000 | 0.00043 | 0.00000 | 0.00000 |
| Total common sulfur identified | 0.00000 | 0.02560 | 0.18559 | 0.02260 | 0.05378 |
| Total common sulfur identified, % | 1.0 | 72.0 | 53.9 | 66.0 | 73.4 |
| Total sulfur | 0.00524 | 0.03557 | 0.34443 | 0.03424 | 0.07329 |
| Other forms of sulfur, % | 0.00519 | 0.00997 | 0.15884 | 0.01164 | 0.01951 |
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