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Is there a comprehensive chemical odor threshold database?

n8cole

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I work in air pollution control and am occasionally responsible for designing equipment to neutralize odors. While I can often find the odor threshold of a target chemical using resources like CAMEO or various chemical databases, I’m looking for a more comprehensive and dedicated database that specifically focuses on odor-related properties.

Cameo - https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/8823
 
odor-related properties.
can you describe what you mean?

a good source for odor threshold is PubChem, e.g.
 
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Specifically, I am looking for a database of the chemicals odor threshold - at what concentration is the chemical olfactorily undetectable.

PubChem is good, and so is Cameo if the USCG CHRIS Code is published. But I am hoping for the existence of a much larger database.

I understand that this is a shoot in the dark and it's unlikely that something like that exists. But this site has surprised me before.
 

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