What is MTBE?

Question

What is MTBE ?
~ Where is it found/ used ?

~How it works

~ Effects on Humans

~ Formula (if there is one )

FYI: this is not my homework ~ i jst want to knw wat it and info about it
so plz dont waste ur or mi time saying i dont knw or do it urself

Answer 1

Methyl tert butyl ether. Fuel additive for gasoline. Ethers contain oxygen so when added to fuel they help prevent the production of certain combustion byproducts (pollution) that increase when oxygen is insufficient (incomplete combustion).

Problems? In trying to help air pollution, a new water pollution problem is created. Ethers are very polar, that is, they dissolve well in other polar solvents (like alcohol, like WATER) and so when an old gasoline tank starts to leak, it's a bigger problem because the MTBE escapes into the ground & water supply further faster than other gasoline components.

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Answer 2

It is methyltert-butyl ether and the epa website below tackles all of the pertinent questions you have about it. The second website will give you a structure if you type it in.