Gas Chromatographic Determination of Total Active Ingredient Content of Karathane Technical and Karathane WD. I. Development of the Method
Abstract A new GLC method for the direct determination of the active ingredient in Karathane Technical and Karathane WD is presented. The internal standard (4,6-dinitro-o-cresol) in nitrobenzene solution is added to the sample, or the extract residue in the case of Karathane WD, and the solution is chromatographed on a flame ionization instrument, using an 8’ glass column packed with 3% QF-1 silicone oil on 60–80 mesh Gas Chrom Q. Column temperature is programmed from 100 to 230°C. A working standard of known composition is run in the same manner in series with the sample. The precision of a single determination of the total 2,4- and 2,6-dinitrooctylphenyl crotonate isomers (about 74%) in Karathane Technical and the total dinitrooctylphenols and mononitrooctylphenols (about 6%) is s = 0.5% absolute. Data on the analysis of a limited number of Karathane WD samples show good agreement for the total active ingredient.