The Removal of Linseed Oil Vapors by Biodegradation Page: VII

                                
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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1.1.	Mechanism of the autoxidation of linolenic acid....................16
1.2.	The oxidation of fatty acids by the /3-oxidation
pathway..................................................................................17
2.1.	Glass column packed with styrofoam balls and
filled with soil compost suspened in M9 salts
solution................................................................................33
2.2.	Experimental biofilter system using styrofoam
balls and soil compost as a solid phase with
linseed oil vapor source.......................................................35
2.3.	Flask containg linseed oil in the side arm fitted with
pleated filter paper evaporator...........................................38
2.4.	Preparation of methyl esters of linseed oil fatty acids
for gas chromatography.......................................................40
2.5.	Culture bottle with linseed oil for determination of
degradation of linseed oil odor by bacteria......................42
3.1.	Comparison of the total number of bacteria cultured
with and without linseed oil vapors...................................47
3.2.	Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters
obtained from linseed oil....................................................49
3.3.	Gas chromatography of linseed oil vapors..............................50
3.4.	Control analysis of linseed oil volatiles without
bacterial cultures by gas chromatography after
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