ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the application, chemical properties and physical properties of carbon tetrachloride. It presents detailed information on the air analysis and analysis of aqueous and nonaqueous samples of carbon tetrachloride. Carbon tetrachloride is used as a solvent and colorless liquid with characteristic odor. It is slightly soluble in water and miscible with organic solvents. During the analysis of aqueous and nonaqueous samples of carbon tetrachloride, aqueous samples are subjected to the purge and trap concentration. Carbon tetrachloride is thermally desorbed and swept onto a gas chromatography (GC) column for separation from other volatile compounds and detected by hall electrolytic conductivity detector (HECD), electron capture detector (ECD), or MSD. During the air analysis of carbon tetrachloride, samples are collected in a SUMMA passivated canister under pressure using an additional pump or at subatmospheric pressure by initially evacuating the canister.
