ISSN:
1618-2650
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The analysis of volatile halocarbons (VHCs) in air or ground air is often performed after their adsorption and enrichment on activated carbon. The current procedure for their subsequent determination is based on their extraction from the activated carbon with a volatile organic solvent such as n-pentane, followed by gaschromatographic (GC) analysis. In order to avoid extraction steps, the static headspace method in combination with GC analysis using diphenylmethane as a desorption agent has been applied. Satisfactory desorption rates for the chloromethanes, for 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene and for tetrachloroethene have been obtained after a sample equilibration of 45 min at 120° C in the presence of diphenylmethane. The results have shown a higher recovering rate especially of the unsaturated VHCs compared to the extraction with n-pentane, whereby a potential loss of analytes by the latter procedure has been avoided.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s0021653530219
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