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Determination of vinyl acetate in air by gas chromatography
Author(s) -
Sidhu Kirpal S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1099-1263
pISSN - 0260-437X
DOI - 10.1002/jat.2550010606
Subject(s) - chromatography , gas chromatography , flame ionization detector , chemistry , carbon disulfide , packed bed , vinyl acetate , detection limit , activated carbon , fatty acid , coefficient of variation , organic chemistry , adsorption , copolymer , polymer
A gas chromatographic analysis for vinyl acetate is presented. Vinyl acetate was sampled by adsorbing on activated carbon. It was desorbed with carbon disulfide with a mean efficiency of 83.0%. The analytical column was packed with 10% free fatty acid phase on acid‐washed Chromosorb‐P. Gas chromatographic identification was also conducted on another column packed with 0.4% Carbowax‐1500 on Carbopack A. Analysis was performed on a chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. The precision (coefficient of variation) for the analytical procedure using a free fatty acid phase column was 4.0%. Based on a 10 litre air sample, the calculated limit of detection by this procedure was 0.1 parts per million.