Determination of water by liquid chromatography using conductometric detection

Autor: Timothy S. Stevens, Karen M. Chritz, Hamish Small
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Analytical Chemistry. 59:1716-1720
ISSN: 1520-6882
0003-2700
DOI: 10.1021/ac00140a028
Popis: Most determinations for water are easily made by a Karl Fischer titration but interferences are known including oxidizing agents, unsaturated compounds, and thio compounds. Gas chromatography (GC) can be both rapid and sensitive but some components of a sample can elute slowly or decompose on-column and interfere. This contribution describes the determination of water by liquid chromatography with a conductivity detector. The inclusion of an acid in the eluent significantly improved sensitivity of detection, which was limited at about 2.5 ppm. At the 20% water level, precision of determination was 0.22%. Examples are shown for the determination of water in samples that interfered with GC and/or Karl Fischer methods.
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