Test Method: SATRA TM351

Bottle incubation test

December 1996

SCOPE

The method is intended to determine the odour producing or odour reducing properties of a material. The method is applicable to all materials.

PRINCIPLE

A test specimen of the material to be assessed is placed in an artificial perspiration solution that has been inoculated with a soil suspension as a source of micro-organisms, and is then incubated at 30°C. At selected intervals the odour from the incubated solution is assessed subjectively, in comparison with a control solution, as a measure of the odour producing or odour reducing properties of the material.

REFERENCES

This Test Method does not reference any additional Standards or Test Methods.

HISTORY

First issued December 1996.

AVAILABILITY

This test method is available to members and non-members.

PRICE (ex. VAT)

This price is for a printed copy of the Test Method.

• Members: £75
• Non-members: £215

TYPE

• Physical and chemical deterioration including flammability

USAGES

• Tests applicable to several material types