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Title: Field validation of the dnph method for aldehydes and ketones. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:253931

A stationary source emission test method for selected aldehydes and ketones has been validated. The method employs a sampling train with impingers containing 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) to derivatize the analytes. The resulting hydrazones are recovered and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Nine analytes were studied; the method was validated for formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, acetophenone and isophorone. Acrolein, menthyl ethyl ketone, menthyl isobutyl ketone, and quinone did not meet the validation criteria. The study employed the validation techniques described in EPA method 301, which uses train spiking to determine bias, and collocated sampling trains to determine precision. The studies were carried out at a plywood veneer dryer and a polyester manufacturing plant.

Research Organization:
Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
OSTI ID:
253931
Report Number(s):
PB-96-168398/XAB; DCN-95-650-049-12-04; CNN: Contract EPA-68-D4-0022; TRN: 61631239
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English