A gas chromatographic technique has been developed and applied to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of fatty acids in the interstitial gases of landfill sites. Acetic, propionic. and butyric acids were those shown to be present in the highest concentrations. The fatty acid concentrations were higher at a site where landfill had been completed two years ago than at a site where operations had finished twenty-five years ago.
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