A diffusive sampling device for the determination of formaldehyde in air using N-methyl-4-hydrazino-7-nitrobenzofurazan (MNBDH) as reagent
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Vol. 1 (1) , 39-43
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a807631f
Abstract
A new method utilizing the diffusive sampling of formaldehyde in air has been developed. Formaldehyde is sampled with the use of a glass fiber filter impregnated with N-methyl-4-hydrazino-7-nitrobenzofurazan (MNBDH) and phosphoric acid. The formaldehyde hydrazone formed is desorbed from the filter with acetonitrile and determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV/visible detection at 474 nm. The sampling rate was determined to be 24.7 mL min –1 with a relative standard deviation of 7% for 48 experiments. The measured sampling rates were not dependent on the formaldehyde concentration (0.1-1.0 mg m –3 ), sampling time (15-482 min) or relative humidity (20-85%). The detection limit was 70 μg m –3 for a 15 min sampling period and 2 μg m –3 for an 8 h sampling period.Keywords
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