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Document ID (ISN)40223
CIS number 83-1332
Year 1982
Convention or series no. Metod nr 1030
Title Determination of formaldehyde in air
Original title Bestämning av formaldehyd i luft [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Forskningsavdelningen, 171 84 Solna, Sweden, Dec. 1982, 11p. 9 ref.
Abstract Description of standard methods for the sampling and analysis of formaldehyde: limits of application; principle (reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, desorption with diethyl ether, chromatography); sampling (reagents, preparation of sampling tube); analysis (gas chromatography with packed or capillary column and electron-capture detector, high-pressure liquid chromatography); mathematical evaluation of results; determination protocol.
Descriptors (primary) formaldehyde; determination in air; sampling and analysis
Descriptors (secondary) high performance chromatography; gas chromatography; description of technique; adsorption sampling
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Aldehydes