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Title: Determination of reduced sulfur compounds in aqueous solutions using gas chromatography flame photometric detection

Journal Article · · Anal. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00168a011· OSTI ID:6743301

A method for simultaneous analysis of hydrogen sulfide (H/sub 2/S), methyl mercaptan (CH/sub 3/SH), carbon disulfide (CS/sub 2/), dimethyl sulfide (DMS, CH/sub 3/SCH/sub 3/), and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS, CH/sub 3/SSCH/sub 3/) in aqueous solutions is described. The reduced sulfur compounds are released from the aqueous sample (50-200 mL) by purging with N/sub 2/ and then trapped cryogenically in a U-shaped sample tube with liquid nitrogen. The sample tube was sealed with end caps and placed in a portable freezer. Under stable conditions in the laboratory, the sulfur compounds are released by controlled heating and injected onto packed column gas chromatograph with a flame photometric detector. The precision of the method for environmental samples was better than +/- 5% for all compounds except for H/sub 2/S, for which the precision was +/- 25%. The detection limits for H/sub 2/S, CH/sub 3/SH, CS/sub 2/, DMS, and DMDS were 1, 0.6, 0.2, 0.2, and 0.4 ng x L/sup -1/ S, respectively, in a 200-mL natural sample. Analyses of environmental samples have been successfully performed with the described method.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Stockholm (Sweden)
OSTI ID:
6743301
Journal Information:
Anal. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 60:17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English