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In the Laboratory
Quantitative Measurement of Bromoform in Swimming Pool Water Using SPME with GC-MS. An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Experiment
John R. Hardee, John Long, and Julie Otts
Department of Chemistry, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001

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May 2002
Vol. 79 No. 5
p. 633

Abstract
A senior-level undergraduate laboratory experiment that demonstrates the use of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed for the quantitative determination of bromoform in swimming pool water. Bromoform was extracted by SPME from the headspace of vials containing sodium chloride-saturated swimming pool water. Bromoform concentrations were determined from comparisons of peak areas on a student-generated calibration curve. Students compared results to OSHA water and air exposure limits for bromoform.
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*  Citation
Hardee, John R.; Long, John; Otts, Julie. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 633.
*  Keywords
Chromatography; Instrumental Methods; Mass Spectrometry; Water / Water Chemistry
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