title: Reproducibility of Fourier transform infrared spectra of compost, municipal solid waste, and landfill material.
abstract: The reproducibility of infrared spectra from different waste materials such as compost, mechanically-biologically treated (MBT) municipal solid waste, and landfill materials was investigated. Reproducibility tests focused mainly on infrared spectra and parameter prediction from the spectrum developed for composts and MBT-waste, as well as band height ratio measurement for landfill materials in terms of practical applications. Compared to compost and landfill material, the reproducibility of infrared spectra from MBT-waste was considerably lower. Accordingly, sample preparation was modified and maximum mean deviation was minimized from 8.3% to 4.2%. The number of required spectra replicates was determined in consideration of practical aspects such as parameter prediction for composts and MBT-waste and the measurement of band height ratios (2925/1630 cm(-1)) of landfill materials. For composts two-fold measurements and for MBT-waste and landfill materials three-fold measurements were considered appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Waste Management, Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 107, 1190 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meissl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smidt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tintner
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil