In article <19970107213700.QAA11384 at ladder01.news.aol.com>, janczek at aol.com
(JanCzek) says:
>>If any body knows how to measure ethylene gas during fruit ripening,
>please e-mail to me the name and possibly address of manufacturer of such
>sensor.
>Jan
>janczek at aol.com>>
Use a gas chromatograph with a Haysep QS-column, down to 0.1 ppm.
Accumulate the gas by placing your fruit in an airtight flask, then
take samples every hour or so. A better method is photoacoustic
spectroscopy, but this is a custom-build technique and not commercially
available.
Regards,
Eric
