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Area of Science:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry

Background:

  • Phenol determination is crucial for environmental monitoring.
  • Existing methods can be less sensitive or require extensive sample preparation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a greener and more sensitive spectrophotometric method for phenol determination.
  • To improve the efficiency and reduce reagent consumption in phenol analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a multicommuted flow system with a 100cm optical path flow cell.
  • Employed oxidative coupling of phenolic compounds with 4-aminoantipyrine and potassium hexacyanoferrate(III).

Main Results:

  • Achieved an 80-fold increase in sensitivity compared to a 1cm flow cell.
  • Established a detection limit of 1 µg/L for phenol.
  • Demonstrated a sampling rate of 90 determinations/hour with a coefficient of variation of 0.6%.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method offers a highly sensitive and efficient approach for phenol determination.
  • Reduced reagent consumption and eliminated the need for chloroform extraction.
  • Validated for analyzing phenol in natural and wastewater samples with high accuracy.