Chemical causes of the typical burnt smell after accidental fires

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 395, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1853-1865

  Heitmann, Katharina ^a   Wichmann, Hubertus ^a   Bahadir, Müfit ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental fire; Burnt smell; GC MS O; Olfactory detection; SPME

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FIRE; BURNT SMELL; GC/MS-O; OLFACTORY DETECTION; SPME;

ACCIDENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; FIRES; FLAME RESISTANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; ODOR REMOVAL; PHENOLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 70449561552     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3071-7     Document Type: Article

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