title: A simple and sensitive method for the determination of hydroxylamine in fresh-water samples using hypochlorite followed by gas chromatography.
abstract: A new and simple method for the determination of hydroxylamine in environmental water, such as fresh rivers and lakes using hypochlorite, followed by its gas choromatographic detection, has been developed. A glass vial filled with sample water was sealed by a butyl-rubber stopper and aluminum cap without head-space, and then sodium hypochlorite solution was injected into the vial through a syringe to convert hydroxylamine to nitrous oxide. The head-space in the glass vial was prepared with 99.9% grade N2 using a gas-tight syringe. After the glass vial was shaken for a few minutes, nitrous oxide in the gas-phase was measured by a gas chromatograph with an electron-capture detector. The dissolved nitrous oxide in the liquid-phase was calculated according to the solubility formula. The proposed method was applied to the analysis of fresh-water samples taken from Iu river and Hii river, flowing into brackish Lakes Nakaumi and Shinji, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 1060, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan. yseike@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seike
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukumori
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Senga
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura