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ANALYTICAL chemistry , *PAPER , *BIODEGRADATION , *VOLATILE organic compounds , *LIQUID chromatography , *MASS spectrometry - Abstract
The article discusses study in the October 2009 issue of “Analytical Chemistry” regarding the chemical analysis of smell of decay. Analytical chemists found that the smell of decay is associated with old books is the result of paper degradation. The team sampled paper produced between 1850 and 1990 using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to assess the condition of the paper by the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) the papers emitted.
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