title: Determination of vinyl acetate in air by gas chromatography.
abstract: A gas chromatographic analysis for vinyl acetate is presented. Vinyl acetate was sampled by adsorbing on activated carbon. It was desorbed with carbon disulfide with a mean efficiency of 83.0%. The analytical column was packed with 10% free fatty acid phase on acid-washed Chromosorb-P. Gas chromatographic identification was also conducted on another column packed with 0.4% Carbowax-1500 on Carbopack A. Analysis was performed on a chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. The precision (coefficient of variation) for the analytical procedure using a free fatty acid phase column was 4.0%. Based on a 10 litre air sample, the calculated limit of detection by this procedure was 0.1 parts per million.
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D002246:Carbon Disulfide / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C011566:vinyl acetate; D002246:Carbon Disulfide