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How to Analyze Chloroacetic acid s

Q. Do you know of a method to analyze for chloroacetic acid ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] s (mono, di, tri)? Levels would be 1 to 100 µg/l or so.
Solution likely to be 2-4 gpl NaCl.

Thank you in advance.

Darlene Harvey
- Concord, Ohio, USA July 24, 2013

A. Gas chromatography, after derivatization with diazomethane. An extraction step might be required as well.

You can likely adapt the "Standard Methods..." procedure for herbicides in water to this analysis.

Dave Wichern
Consultant - The Bronx, New York
August 6, 2013

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