ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the application, chemical properties and physical properties of ethylene chlorohydrin. It presents detailed information on the air analysis and analysis of aqueous samples of ethylene chlorohydrin. Ethylene chlorohydrin is used as a solvent for cellulose esters and in making ethylene glycol and ethylene oxide. It is colorless liquid with a faint ether odor, soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, and highly toxic. During the analysis of aqueous samples of ethylene chlorohydrin, sample is purged with helium under heating. The analyte is desorbed from the trap by heating and backflushing with helium, transferred onto a gas chromatography (GC) column for separation, and determined by GC-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) or a mass spectrometer (MS). During the air analysis of ethylene chlorohydrin, air is drawn through a solid sorbent tube containing petroleum charcoal.
