Final report to ARCO Chemical Company on the odor and taste threshold studies performed with methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE)

Vetrano, KM

HERO ID

76791

Reference Type

Technical Report

Year

1993

HERO ID 76791
Year 1993
Title Final report to ARCO Chemical Company on the odor and taste threshold studies performed with methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE)
Authors Vetrano, KM
Abstract This report has been prepared by TRC Environmental Corporation (TRC) for ARCO Chemical Company. It presents the results and conclusions from an odor and taste thresholdevaluation project conducted at TRC's Odor Laboratory in February, 1993.The gasoline oxygenates Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) were evaluated for their odor detectibility and recognition thresholds in air and water as well as their taste threshold in water. MTBE (99.9% purity) and ETBE (99.0-99.5% purity) were obtained from ARCO Chemical Company.
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Comments ECRIB. 1993b in 1048,00.Windsor, CT: TRC Environmental Corporation; project no. 13442-M31.
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