THE DETERMINATION OF CHLORINE IN POLYURETHANE PLASTIC

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1959

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4190094· OSTI ID:4190094

Henicksman, A L; VanKooten, E H; Gardner, R D; Ashley, W H

Chlorine may be determined in polyurethane by gravimetric or spectrophotometric techniques. The sample is burned in a special combustion tube with two oxygen inlets, the products of combustion are absorbed in a solution containing sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide, and the chlorine is measured either gravimetrically as silver chloride or spectrophotometrically using mercuric thiocyanate and ferric perchlorate. Eighteen determinations of cblorine in known solutions of sodium chloroacetate or perchloric acid gave an average recovery of 98.3% with a standard deviation of 2.8%. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-14-005163
• OSTI ID: 4190094
• Report Number(s): LA-2362
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ABSORPTION
ACETATES
CHEMISTRY
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINE
COMBUSTION
CYANIDES
HYDROGEN PEROXIDES
IRON COMPOUNDS
MEASURED VALUES
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PERCHLORIC ACID
PHOTOMETRY
POLYMERS
POLYURETHANES
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RECOVERY
SILVER CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
SOLUTIONS
SPECTRA
WEIGHT