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Title: Determination of parts-per-billion concentrations of dioxane in water and soil by purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry or charcoal tube enrichment gas chromatography

Abstract

Two methods for the determination of 1,4-dioxane in water have been studied. The first method is a heated purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system following salting out with sodium sulfate. The second method is an adsorption on coconut-shell charcoal and solvent desorption with carbon disulfide/methanol followed by analysis of the desorbate by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. The first method is also successful for the determination of 1,4-dioxane in solids and sediments. The second method is shown to be successful for 2-butanone, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and butoxyethanol in water. The two methods are compared by analyzing 15 samples by both methods and achieving similar results.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Clayton Environmental Consultants, Inc., Novi, MI
OSTI Identifier:
6336505
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Anal. Chem.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 59:15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CHARCOAL; SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; DIOXANE; ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; SOILS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; TRACE AMOUNTS; ADSORBENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; 400102* - Chemical & Spectral Procedures; 400105 - Separation Procedures; 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 510200 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Epstein, P S, Mauer, T, Wagner, M, Chase, S, and Giles, B. Determination of parts-per-billion concentrations of dioxane in water and soil by purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry or charcoal tube enrichment gas chromatography. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.1021/ac00142a020.
Epstein, P S, Mauer, T, Wagner, M, Chase, S, & Giles, B. Determination of parts-per-billion concentrations of dioxane in water and soil by purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry or charcoal tube enrichment gas chromatography. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00142a020
Epstein, P S, Mauer, T, Wagner, M, Chase, S, and Giles, B. 1987. "Determination of parts-per-billion concentrations of dioxane in water and soil by purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry or charcoal tube enrichment gas chromatography". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00142a020.
@article{osti_6336505,
title = {Determination of parts-per-billion concentrations of dioxane in water and soil by purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry or charcoal tube enrichment gas chromatography},
author = {Epstein, P S and Mauer, T and Wagner, M and Chase, S and Giles, B},
abstractNote = {Two methods for the determination of 1,4-dioxane in water have been studied. The first method is a heated purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system following salting out with sodium sulfate. The second method is an adsorption on coconut-shell charcoal and solvent desorption with carbon disulfide/methanol followed by analysis of the desorbate by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. The first method is also successful for the determination of 1,4-dioxane in solids and sediments. The second method is shown to be successful for 2-butanone, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and butoxyethanol in water. The two methods are compared by analyzing 15 samples by both methods and achieving similar results.},
doi = {10.1021/ac00142a020},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6336505}, journal = {Anal. Chem.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 59:15,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987},
month = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987}
}