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Anal Chim Acta

Title:		Purge efficiency in the determination of trihalomethanes in water by purge-and-trap gas chromatography
Author(s):		Ruiz-Bevia F; Fernandez-Torres MJ; Blasco-Alemany MP;
Address:		"Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain. Ruiz.Bevia@ua.es"
Journal Title:		Anal Chim Acta
Year:		2009
Volume:		20081118
Issue:		2
Page Number:		304 - 314
DOI:		10.1016/j.aca.2008.11.022
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-4324 (Electronic) 0003-2670 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Purge-and-trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (PT-GC-MS) has become an accepted method for the analysis of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water. The purge-and-trap technique is based on an efficient transfer of volatile organic compounds from the liquid (contained in the purge chamber) to the gaseous phase by bubbling with an inert gas. The aim of this work was to study the purge system's efficiency by means of several consecutive purge cycles lasting 11 min each of the same liquid sample. The concentration range chosen of THMs was very wide [5-200 microg L(-1)]. The inert gas flow rate was 40 mL min(-1), and experiments were performed at temperatures of 25, 35 and 50 degrees C. Bromoform (CHBr(3)), the least volatile compound, needed 19 cycles to be purged quantitatively at a concentration of 200 microg L(-1) and only 7 cycles at 5 microg L(-1) for a 25 mL sample at 25 degrees C. Chloroform (CHCl(3)), the most volatile compound, required 4 cycles to be fully extracted at 200 microg L(-1) and 2 at 5 microg L(-1). Finally, Novak's theoretical model, based on the distribution constant between gas and liquid phases, was used to correlate the THMs purging extraction data"
Keywords:		"Chromatography, Gas/*methods Gases/chemistry Models, Chemical Temperature Time Factors Trihalomethanes/*analysis/chemistry/isolation & purification Water/*chemistry;"
Notes:		"MedlineRuiz-Bevia, Francisco Fernandez-Torres, Maria J Blasco-Alemany, Maria P eng Netherlands 2008/12/27 Anal Chim Acta. 2009 Jan 26; 632(2):304-14. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.11.022. Epub 2008 Nov 18"