Method for sensing volatile fatty acid and device for measuring volatile fatty acid
AssigneeNational Institute for Materials Science
InventorsJin KAWAKITA, Izumi ICHINOSE
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AssigneeNational Institute for Materials Science
InventorsJin KAWAKITA, Izumi ICHINOSE
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The present invention provides a method for sensing volatile fatty acid with high sensitivity and measuring volatile fatty acid with high accuracy and provides a device for such sensing and measurement. The method for sensing volatile fatty acid of the present invention includes placing a sample in an enclosed space together with a resistance measurement device, wherein the sample is allowed to contain volatile fatty acid, the resistance measurement device measures an electrical characteristic caused by electrical resistance between at least two electrodes disposed to be adjacent to each other at a small spacing on an insulating substrate, and water vapor exists in the enclosed space, measuring the electrical characteristic when a space near the at least two electrodes has a relative humidity satisfying a humidity condition of immediately before occurrence of dew condensation between the at least two electrodes, and comparing an obtained measurement result with reference data obtained under a predetermined condition.
A method for sensing volatile fatty acid, the method comprising:
A device for measuring volatile fatty acid, the device comprising a resistance measurement device, a humidity measurement means, a data extraction means, and a data analysis means, wherein
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