PMID- 9463901
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980303
LR  - 20190720
IS  - 0021-9673 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9673 (Linking)
VI  - 791
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 1997 Dec 12
TI  - Analysis of odour and taste problems in high-density polyethene.
PG  - 213-9
AB  - The compounds that cause off-flavours in plastics, have been recognized mainly as 
      carbonyl compounds (aldehydes, ketones and esters). They occur in low 
      concentrations, and due to their low-threshold odour concentrations, their 
      typical odours were identified. Most of these off-flavour compounds are volatile. 
      Chemical analysis of smelling compounds requires a very sensitive method with a 
      high-resolution capability. The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in 
      high density polyethene (HD-PE) granules and waters in which the granules have 
      been shaken for 4 h, were carried out by gas chromatography-mass 
      spectrometry-sniffing system (GC-MS-SNIFF) and by gas chromatography-fourier 
      transform infrared spectroscopy-sniffing system (GC-FTIR-SNIFF). A purge-and-trap 
      technique was used to introduce the VOCs from samples into the gas chromatograph. 
      Leaching waters of HD-PE granules were also evaluated by panel. This panel agreed 
      upon six descriptive attributes for odour: sweet, chemical, stale, dusty, foul 
      and floor-cloth. The attributes for taste were: sweet, metallic, stony, pungent, 
      dusty, plastic, foul, stink bug and candle grease.
FAU - Villberg, K
AU  - Villberg K
AD  - University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, Finland.
FAU - Veijanen, A
AU  - Veijanen A
FAU - Gustafsson, I
AU  - Gustafsson I
FAU - Wickstrom, K
AU  - Wickstrom K
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Chromatogr A
JT  - Journal of chromatography. A
JID - 9318488
RN  - 0 (Polyethylenes)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chromatography, Gas/*methods
MH  - Mass Spectrometry/*methods
MH  - Odorants/*analysis
MH  - Polyethylenes/*chemistry
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - *Taste
MH  - Water Supply/*analysis/standards
EDAT- 1998/02/17 00:00
MHDA- 1998/02/17 00:01
CRDT- 1998/02/17 00:00
PHST- 1998/02/17 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/02/17 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/02/17 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0021-9673(97)00769-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00769-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Chromatogr A. 1997 Dec 12;791(1-2):213-9. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00769-3.