Comparison of odorous volatile compounds from fourteen different commercial composts using solid-phase microextraction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 315-320

  Kim, H ^a   McConnell, L L ^b   Millner, P ^c  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b USDA ARS National Arboretum   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyric acid; Carbon disulfide; Composting; Dimethyldisulfide; Dimethylsulfide; Maturity; Odor; Propionic acid; Stability; Trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BYPRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FEEDSTOCKS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; ODOROUS VOLATILE COMPOUND (OVC); SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME);

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BYPRODUCTS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION; FOOD; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18644380214     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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