ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the application, chemical properties and physical properties of methyl methacrylate. It presents detailed information on the air analysis and analysis of aqueous samples of methyl methacrylate. Methyl methacrylate is used in the manufacture of plastics and resins. It is colorless liquid and soluble in benzene, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and methyl ethyl ketone. During the analysis of aqueous samples of methyl methacrylate, a measured volume of sample is purged with an inert gas. The analyte is adsorbed on a sorbent trap, and the trap is heated and backflushed with He to desorb the analyte into a capillary gas chromatography (GC) column interfaced to a mass spectrometer (MS). During the air analysis of methyl methacrylate, air is drawn through a solid sorbent tube packed with XAD-2.
