Odor Measurement

Abstract

It has been said that the measurement of odor is very difficult. Because almost odor samples have a large number of chemicals, and these olfactory thresholds are very low levels. For these reasons, the instrumental measurement method is not good, and the olfactory sensory methods are adopted in the world. Odor concentration scale had been widely used in the world. But, the measurement methods of odor concentration scale differ depend on the country. For example, in Japan, Triangle Odor Bag Method has been used from 30 years ago. Dynamic olfactometer is used in European countries. Triangle Odor Bag Method is introduced at the end of this paper. © 2005, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. All rights reserved.