title: Spectrophotometric determination of formaldehyde.
abstract: A new spectrophotometric method for the determination of micro amounts of formaldehyde in aqueous and methanol solutions is based on the oxidation of formaldehyde by hydrous silver oxide at pH 11-12.5 and oxidation of the metallic silver produced, with iron(III) in the presence of Ferrozine. The absorbance of the resulting iron(II)-Ferrozine complex at 562 nm is proportional to the amount of formaldehyde and corresponds to an apparent molar absorptivity of 5.58 x 10(4) 1.mole(-1).cm(-1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loyola University of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626, U.S.A.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Al-Jabari
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaselskis