From: NFetter@aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 23:04:55 -0400 (EDT)
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: Re: Question Leftover
Some srainless steels contain manganese and manganese contains traces of
manganese sulfide (MnS). Any acid reacts with MnS to produce hydrogen sulfide
(H2S). Maybe that is what you smell (rotten eggs).
Neil
Fetter