ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the application, chemical properties and physical properties of ethyl chloride. It presents detailed information on the air analysis and analysis of aqueous samples of ethyl chloride. Ethyl chloride is colorless gas at room temperature with ether-like odor, slightly soluble in water and miscible with organic solvents. During the analysis of aqueous samples of ethyl chloride, aqueous samples are subjected to the purge and trap extraction method. Volatile analyte is thermally desorbed out from the trap on heating and swept onto a gas chromatography (GC) column for separation, and detected by hall electrolytic conductivity detector (HECD), electron capture detector (ECD), or MDS. During the air analysis of ethyl chloride, samples are collected in a SUMMA passivated canister or liquid argon trap.
