Instrument used to detect and measure odor dilution
An entomologist demonstrates the attraction of female yellow fever mosquitoes to his hand in an olfactometer
An olfactometer is an instrument used to detect and measure odor dilution. Olfactometers are used in conjunction with human subjects in laboratory settings, most often in market research, to quantify and qualify human olfaction.[1] Olfactometers are used to gauge the odor detection threshold of substances. To measure intensity, olfactometers introduce an odorous gas as a baseline against which other odors are compared.
Many scientists use the term "olfactometer" to refer to a device used to study insect behavior in presence of an olfactory stimulus. It consists of a tube with a bifurcation (with "T" or "Y" shape) where an insect walks and decides between two choices, usually clean air versus air carrying an odor. This is why this device is also called dual choice olfactometer.[2][3]
Alternatively, an olfactometer is a device used for producing aromas in a precise and controlled manner.[citation needed]
^Electronic noses, GC/MS systems, and human sensory panels provide varied solutions for product-odor concerns
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An olfactometer is an instrument used to detect and measure odor dilution. Olfactometers are used in conjunction with human subjects in laboratory settings...
ambient air. Field measurement with portable field olfactometers can seem more effective, but olfactometer use is not regulated in Europe, while it is popular...
of a bottle. The most common olfactometer found in psychology laboratories at one point was the Zwaardemker olfactometer. It had two glass nasal tubes...
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olfactory perception is limited to the olfactory system. Behavioural and olfactometer experiments indicate that crocodiles detect both air-borne and water-soluble...
olfactory perception is limited to the olfactory system. Behavioural and olfactometer experiments indicate that crocodiles detect both air-borne and water-soluble...
number of olfactory neurons is remarkably consistent across mammals". Olfactometer Taste detection threshold Lin, S (1977). "Tastes and Odors in Water Supplies...
assembled, each sniffing the same sample of diluted specimen air. A field olfactometer can be utilized to determine the magnitude of an odor. Many air management...
(Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Attraction to Human Odors: Validation of a Two-Choice Olfactometer". Journal of Medical Entomology. 56 (2): 362–367. doi:10.1093/jme/tjy202...
the same smell for this reason and this has been demonstrated using an olfactometer which was loaded alternately with clean and smelly socks. Dogs are strongly...
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assessment. Odournet also manufactures products for odor assessment like olfactometers and other odor testing and sampling equipment. The company has labs...
(1930-09-19)19 September 1930) was a Dutch scientist who invented the olfactometer in 1888. From 1897 to 1927 he was professor of Experimental Physiology...
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Derodontidae) to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Host Tree Odors in a Multi-Chambered Olfactometer". Environmental Entomology. 40 (4): 864–872. doi:10.1603/en10287. ISSN 0046-225X...
ethylene are involved in regulating maize resistance to R. maidis. In olfactometer experiments, R. maidis were repelled by volatiles from damaged maize...
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