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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 7Main Title | Identity and Yields of Major Halogenated Products of Aquatic Fulvic Acid Chlorination. | |||||||||||
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Author | Christman, R. F. ; Norwood, D. L. ; Millington, D. S. ; Johnson, J. D. ; Stevens, A. A. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1983 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/J-83/298; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB85-218949 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Chlorination ; Surface waters ; Water treatment ; Water analysis ; Potable water ; Chloroform ; Chemical analysis ; Water pollution ; Halogen organic compounds ; Gas chromatography ; Mass spectroscopy ; Separation ; Reprints ; Fulvic acids ; Water pollution detection ; Acetic acid/trichloro ; Acetic acid/dichloro ; Succinic acid/dichloro ; Isotope dilution techniques | |||||||||||
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Collation | 6p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Chlorination of fulvic acid isolated from a natural surface water produces a variety of C1 to C4 aliphatic acids in addition to chloroform. Yields of the four principal reaction products, trichloroacetic acid, chloroform, dichloroacetic acid, and dichlorosuccinic acid are approximately 14 wt % of starting organic material and account for 53% of the total organic halogen. No halogenated aromatic products were identified. This appears to be the first reported quantitation of unambiguously identified major chlorination products, which accounts for the majority of the total organic halogen. An isotope dilution GC/MS method for the determination of aqueous trichloroacetic acid is also described. (Copyright (c) 1983 American Chemical Society.) |