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RECORD NUMBER: 395 OF 1745

Main Title Electrochemical analysis of sulfidic and amine odorants /
Author Nwankwo, Jerry N. ; Turk., Amos
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Turk, Amos.
CORP Author City Coll., New York. Dept. of Chemistry.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/600-2-76-021; EPA-R-802396; PB255092
Stock Number PB-255 092
OCLC Number 02657476
Subjects Odors--Research ; Odors--Measurement ; Aromatic amines ; Odor control--Research ; Vapors--Research ; Electrochemical analysis
Additional Subjects Electrolytic analysis ; Odors ; Amines ; Organic sulfides ; Gas analysis ; Electrolytic cells ; Oxidation reduction reactions ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Exhaust emissions ; Measuring instruments ; Air pollution detection ; Voltammetry ; Chronocoulometric analysis
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91014PFO.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-76-021 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 02/06/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/2-76-021 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/13/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-76-021 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-76-021 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-255 092 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 37 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Oxidation of odorous vapors at the anode of an electrochemical cell was studied as a promising approach to achieving instrumental analysis of odors. The technique of linear potential sweep cyclic voltammetry was used to investigate the oxidizability of several amines, sulfides, and their mixtures on platinum, gold, glassy-carbon, carbon paste, and graphite electrodes. Results of the analyses of individual amines showed that the ease of oxidation on a platinum electrolyte was: tertiary > secondary > primary. Results for runs conducted on mixtures containing combinations of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines indicated that separate current peaks were not obtained for the various amines. Instead, a composite peak was obtained for any given mixture. Results for sulfides using a platinum electrode indicated that allyl sulfide, n-butyl sulfide and tert-butylsulfide could be oxidized in acetonitrile solution with 0.1 M NaClO4 as supporting electrolyte. The order was: tert-butylsulfide > n-butylsulfide > allylsulfide. When amines and sulfides were mixed, a clear separation of the peaks was observed. The results indicate that it is possible to characterize a mixture of amines and sulfides by linear potential sweep cyclic voltammetry.
Notes
"June 1976." "Project Officer: John Nader." "EPA/600-2-76-021." Includes bibliographical references (page 36).