A practical headspace gas chromatographic method for the determination of oxalate in bleaching effluents

Hui-Chao Hu; Hui-Jun Jin; Xin-Sheng Chai

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.1, 13-16, January, 2014

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.02.041 Export Citation

A practical headspace gas chromatographic method for the determination of oxalate in bleaching effluents

Hui-Chao Hu^{1, 2}, Hui-Jun Jin^{1, 2}, and Xin-Sheng Chai^{1, 2, †}

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

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This paper reports an improved headspace gas chromatographic (HS-GC) technique for the determination of oxalate content in bleaching effluents. The method is based on the redox reaction between potassium iodate and oxalate, from which the carbon dioxide is generated and measured by HSGC. The results showed that the reaction in a sulfuric acid solution (0.05 mol/L) was complete in 35 min at 95 ℃. The RSD of the method in the repeatability testing was less than 4.5%, the LOQ was 0.35 mg, and the recovery ranged from 95 to 103%. The present method is simpler, more reliable, and more practical compared to the methods reported previously.

Keywords:Headspace;Gas chromatography;Oxalate;Iodate;Carbon dioxide;Bleaching effluents

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[Referenced By]

[1] Lowendahl L, Perterson G, Samuelson O, Tappi Journal., 59(9), 118 (1976)

[2] Ulmgren P, Ra˚ destro¨m R (Eds.), TAPPI Minimum Effluent Mills Symposium Proceedings, TAPPI Press, Atlanta, 51 (1997)

[3] Elsander A, Ek M, Gellerstedt G, Tappi Journal., 83(2), 73 (2000)

[4] Ulmgren P, Nordic Pulp Paper Research Journal., 12(1), 32 (1997)

[5] Ha¨a¨ra¨ M, Sundberg A, Willfo¨ r S, Nordic Pulp Paper Research Journal., 26(3), 263 (2011)

[6] Tappi Test Method: Analysis of Pulping Liquors by Suppressed Ion Chromatography, T 699 om-87, Tappi Press, Atlanta (1987)

[7] Utzman S, Journal of Chromatography A., 640, 287 (1993)

[8] Salomon DR, Romano J, Journal of Chromatography., 602, 219 (1992)

[9] Sire´ n H, Kokkonen R, Hiissa T, Sa¨rme T, Rimpinen O, Laitinen R, Journal of Chromatography A., 895, 189 (2000)

[10] Chai XS, Samp J, Song HN, Zhu HX, Journal of Chromatography A., 1122, 209 (2006)

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

[12] De AK, A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry, ninth ed., New Age International, New Delhi (2003)

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