Research Article

[Retracted] Electronic Nose for Differentiation and Quantification of Yeast Species in White Fresh Soft Cheese

Table 1

The characteristics of the eight metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) sensors, which electronic nose (EN) is composed of.

Sensor nameTarget gas sensitivityTypical detection ranges (ppm)

MQ-2General combustible gas200–5000 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and propane, 300–5000 butane, 5000–20,000 methane, 300–5000 hydrogen (H2), 100–2000 alcohol
MQ-3Alcohol vapour10–300
MQ-4Natural gas and methane200–10,000 CH4, natural gas
MQ-5Liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, and coal gas200–10,000 LPG, liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas, isobutane, propane, and town gas
MQ-6LPG, propane200–10,000 LPG, isobutane, propane, LNG
MQ-8Hydrogen100–10,000
MQ-135Air quality control (NH3, benzene, alcohol, smoke)10–10,000
MQ-138Formaldehyde, benzene, aldehyde, ketone, and ester10–1000 benzene, 1–1000 alcohol, 10–3000 NH3