Handbook of Machine Olfaction
Subtitle: Electronic Nose Technology
Contributors: Tim C. Pearce (Editor); Susan S. Schiffman (Editor); H. Troy Nagle (Editor); Julian W. Gardner (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: March 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9783527303588
Subjects: Biotechnology; Precision instruments manufacture; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Electronic Apparatus And Devices; Sensory Neurophysiology; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Remote Sensing; Olfactometry; Material Science; Technology / Material Science; Electronics - General; Chemical detectors; Odors
First sentence: Odors are sensations that occur when compounds (called odorants) stimulate receptors located in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nasal cavity.