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Document ID (ISN)35158
CIS number 81-439
ISSN - Serial title 0509-6510 - Prace Centralnego instytutu ochrony pracy
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kryńska A., Pośniak M.
Title Determination of chlorophenol and pentachlorophenol in air by gas chromatography
Original title Oznaczanie chlorofenolu i pięciochlorofenolu w powietrzu metodą chromatografii gazowej [in Polish]
Bibliographic information 1979, Vol.29, No.103, p.303-315. Illus. 21 ref.
Abstract Review of the industrial uses and toxic effects of chlorophenol and pentachlorophenol (PCP), and methods for their determination in air. Description of a method for determination by gas chromatography with a flame-ionisation detector. The lower limit of the method is 0.03µg p-chlorophenol and 0.15µg PCP per sample. The method is based on the absorption of vapours in a Na2CO3 solution, the chromatography column being filled, in the case of p-chlorophenol, with silicon oil DC-550 at 150-180°C and, in the case of PCP, with diethylene glycol polysuccinate at 190°C to which 2% phosphoric acid is added. The method is highly sensitive and selective. The conditions for determination established for p-chlorophenol can be used for determining concentrations of 0- and m-chlorophenol, dichlorophenol, phenol, and cresols occurring in mixtures in ambient air.
Descriptors (primary) toxic substances; gas chromatography; determination in air; chlorophenols
Descriptors (secondary) cresols; pentachlorophenol; m-chlorophenol; detection by flame ionization; p-chlorophenol; description of technique; 2,4-dichlorophenol; o-chlorophenol
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Phenols and phenolic compounds
Alcohols