Rapid determination of residual formaldehyde in formaldehyde related polymer latexes by headspace gas chromatography

Hui-Chao Hu; Ying-Xin Tian; Xin-Sheng Chai; Wei-Feng Si; Gang Chen

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.3, 748-751, May, 2013

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2012.11.012 Export Citation

Rapid determination of residual formaldehyde in formaldehyde related polymer latexes by headspace gas chromatography

Hui-Chao Hu¹, Ying-Xin Tian¹, Xin-Sheng Chai^{1, 2, †}, Wei-Feng Si¹, and Gang Chen¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510641, China
²National Paper Products Quality Supervision Inspection Center, Dongguan, Guangdong 523120, China

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This paper reports on a headspace gas chromatographic method (HS-GC) for the determination of residual formaldehyde in formaldehyde related polymer latexes. The method is based on the reaction between formaldehyde and borohydride in a sodium hydroxide solution (1 mol/L), in which formaldehyde is quantitatively converted to methanol within 30 min at 90 ℃ and then determined by HS-GC. The results showed that the repeatability of the method had a relative standard deviation of less than 5.0%; the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 17.3 mg, and the recovery ranged from 96.2.102%. The present method is simple, rapid, and accurate.

Keywords:Headspace;Gas chromatography;Formaldehyde;Methanol;Polymer latex

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[Referenced By]

[1] Reuss G, Disteldorf W, Gamer AO, Hilt A, Formaldehyde in Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2001)

[2] Scott WE, Principles of Wet End Chemistry, Tappi Press, Atlanta (1996)

[3] Holik H (Ed.), Handbook of Paper and Board, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2006)

[4] Goldschmidt BM, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C., 2, 231 (1984)

[5] US. Environmental Protection Agency, Formaldehyde; CASRN 50-00-0, (February 28, 2012) http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0419.htm.

[6] United States Department of Labor, Occupational safety and health standards: Toxic and hazardous substances.Formaldehyde, (May 13, 2012) http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS &p_id=10075.

[7] Walker JF, Formaldehyde, third ed., E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company Inc.,Reinbold Publishing Corporation, New York (1974)

[8] Altshuller AP, Miller DL, Slega SF, Analytical Chemistry., 33(4), 621 (1961)

[9] Bueldt A, Lidahl R, Levin JO, Karst U, Journal of Environmental Monitoring., 1, 39 (1999)

[10] Ensafi AA, Abassi S, Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry., 363, 376 (1999)

[11] Posanzini M, Palo VD, Chromatographia., 46, 235 (1997)

[12] Medvedovici A, David V, David F, Sandra P, Analytical Letters., 32, 581 (1999)

[13] Burini G, Coli R, Analytica Chimica Acta., 511, 155 (2004)

[14] Luong J, Sieben L, Fairhurst M, de Zeeuw J, Journal of High Resolution Chromatography., 19, 591 (1996)

[15] Bianchi F, Careri M, Musci M, Mangia A, Food Chemistry., 100, 1049 (2007)

[16] Kolb B, Ettre LS, Static Headspace . Gas Chromatography . Theory and Practice, second ed., Wiley-VCH, New York (2006)

[17] Sugaya N, Nakagawa T, Sakurai K, Morita M, Onodera S, Journal of Health Science., 47, 21 (2001)

[18] Chai XS, Maurer RW, Hsieh JS, Hou QX, Zhang DC, Wang SF, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44(26), 10013 (2005)

[19] Chai XS, Luo Q, Zhu JY, Journal of Chromatography A., 909, 249 (2001)

[20] Li H, Chai XS, DeMartini N, Zhan H, Fu S, Journal of Chromatography A., 1192, 208 (2008)

[21] Hu HC, Jin HJ, Chai XS, Journal of Chromatography A., 1235, 182 (2012)

[22] Chaikin SW, Brown WG, Journal of the American Chemical Society., 71, 122 (1949)

[23] Chai XS, Zhu JY, Journal of Chromatography A., 799, 207 (1998)

[24] Chai XS, Zhu JY, Analytical Chemistry., 70, 3481 (1998)

[25] Zhu JY, Liu PH, Chai XS, Bullock KR, Teja AS, Environmental Science and Technology., 34, 1742 (2000)

[26] Teja AS, Gupta AK, Bullock K, Chai XS, Zhu JY, Fluid Phase Equilib., 185(1-2), 265 (2001)

[27] Green JM, Analytical Chemistry., 68, 305A (1996)