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Document ID (ISN)21357
CIS number 74-1360
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Skare I., Dahlner B.
Title Determination of aldehydes in air
Original title Bestämning av aldehyder i luft [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbete och hälsa - vetenskaplig skriftserie, 1973:6. Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Fack, 100 26 Stockholm 34, Sweden, 1973. 121p. Illus. 107 ref.
Abstract A description of the physical and chemical properties of aldehydes is followed by chapters on: generation of a calibration gas with a known aldehyde content; determination in air of total lower aliphatic aldehydes, formaldehyde and acrolein (sampling, analysis methods, interferences). 4 appendices give details on proposed methods: total lower aliphatic aldehydes determined by the bisulfite or MBTH (3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinonehydrazone hydrochloride) methods; determination of formaldehyde by a colorimetric method using chromotropic acid as a reagent; determination of acrolein by colorimetry using 4-hexyl-resorcinol as a reagent.
Descriptors (primary) determination in air; aldehydes
Descriptors (secondary) formaldehyde; air sampling; acrolein; colorimetry; interferences; chemical analysis; calibration gas generation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Aldehydes