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1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Abstract:
A new, green method for the determination of hypochloride in bleaching products is here presented. The method, based on a flow injection system and measurement of the native absorbance of hypochlorite at 292nm, allows the determination of hypochlorite in the range 0.07-0.42gCl(2)l(-1). In order to achieve high selectivity a mini-column containing cobalt oxide, which effectively catalyses hypochlorite decomposition to chloride and oxygen, was inserted in the flow system. The difference in absorbance of samples no circulated and circulated through the mini-column was selected as analytical signal; thus, the method only requires 20mg of solid, reusable catalyst, and a NaOH solution of pH 10.4; providing a sample throughput of 12 samplesh(-1) in triplicate injection. Its usefulness for analysis of bleaching products is demonstrated.
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