SAMPLE MATRIX EFFECTS ON MEASUREMENTS OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS USING A FIBER-OPTIC INFRARED SENSOR |
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Authors: | Fiona Regan |
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Affiliation: | Marine and Environmental Sensing Technology Hub, National Centre for Sensor Research , School of Chemical Science, Dublin City University , Dublin , Ireland |
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Abstract: | The influence of sample matrix composition on the infrared sensing response to chlorinated hydrocarbons was investigated. The parameters of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) were used to characterize water samples from natural and industrial waters. Chlorobenzene was selected as a model target for assessing the effect of the sample matrix, defined by their COD and TOC values, on the infrared optical measurements. It was found that it was possible to directly compare recovery values with TOC and COD values at low concentrations of the latter. However, where TOC and COD values were high, in particular for industrial waters, the influence of sorbing natural organic matter was low compared to the total organic carbon due to the synthetic component of the water. Therefore, when measuring natural environmental waters, it was possible to use COD and TOC values to obtain the true concentration of the analyte in the sample, but for industrial samples, the COD and TOC values were not good indicators. |
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Keywords: | chemical oxygen demand chlorinated hydrocarbons chlorobenzene infrared fiber-optic evanescent wave sensing sample matrix total organic carbon |
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