ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the application, chemical properties and physical properties of diethyl ether. It presents detailed information on the air analysis and analysis of aqueous samples of diethyl ether. Diethyl ether is used as a solvent, colorless liquid with pungent odor, miscible with organic solvents, extremely flammable, and narcotic. It is used in organic synthesis and has sweet burning taste. During the analysis of aqueous samples of diethyl ether, analyte is purged out from the sample matrix by the purge and trap extraction method. The analyte is desorbed from the sorbent trap by heating and backflushing with helium. Then, aqueous samples are directly injected onto an appropriate gas chromatography (GC) column for flame ionization detector (FID) detection. During the air analysis of diethyl ether, air is drawn through a solid sorbent tube containing coconut shell charcoal.
