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. 2013 Jun 20;13(6):7939–7978. doi: 10.3390/s130607939

Table 7S.

Concentrations of reduced sulfur compounds (RSC) and ammonia measured separately by GC-PFPD and absorption photometry.

Order Compounds SRD-0 SRD-1 SRD-3 SRD-6 SRD-9 Thresholdsb (μg m−3) Reference
[A] Concentration (μg m−3)

1 Hydrogen sulfide 0.02a 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 24.8 Schiffman et al. [58]
2 Sulfur dioxide 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 1,635 Nagata [26]
3 Methanethiol 61.4 267 0.79 0.02 0.49 4.13 Iowa State University [59]
4 Dimethyl sulfide 0.02 3.83 0.91 0.02 0.02 7.60 Nagata [26]
5 Dimethyl disulfide 18.9 196 35.8 0.57 0.79 47.3 Schiffman et al. [58]
6 Ammonia 81.3 81.3 81.3 169 445 1,042 Nagata [26]
[B] Odor activity value (OAV: concentration/ threshold)

1 Hydrogen sulfide
2 Sulfur dioxide
3 Methanethiol 14.9 64.6 0.19 0.12
4 Dimethyl sulfide 0.50 0.12
5 Dimethyl disulfide 0.40 4.14 0.76 0.01 0.02
6 Ammonia 0.16 0.43
a

Values below detection limit are underlined (calculated as method detection limit)