Bad Automobile Air Conditioner Odors Sampled for GC Analysis
A research group from Kangwon National University (South Korea) set up a laboratory-scale test cooling bench with an airflow, temperature, and relative humidity controller and used it to simulate the unpleasant odor produced by an automobile air conditioner evaporator.
A research group from Kangwon National University (South Korea) set up a laboratory-scale test cooling bench with an airflow, temperature, and relative humidity controller and used it to simulate the unpleasant odor produced by an automobile air conditioner evaporator. The odors were collected in aluminum polyester bags and were analyzed by thermal desorption in a cryotrap followed by gas chromatographic analysis, olfactometry, flame ionization detection, and atomic emission detection and mass spectrometry. Compounds including alcohols, aldehydes, and organic acids were identified as odor-causing compounds.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Contemporary Food Contamination Analysis Using Chromatography
November 18th 2024A series of lectures focusing on emerging analytical techniques used to analyse food contamination took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic. The session included new approaches for analysing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAS), Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH), and short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs and MCCPs).
