Collaborative Study of a Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Simazine
Abstract A gas-liquid chromatographic method for the determination of simazine in a wettable powder formulation containing about 80% active ingredient was collaboratively studied, using a matched pair scheme. The samples were dissolved in dimethylformamide containing dioctyl phthalate as an internal standard, chromatographed on Carbowax 20M, and detected by using a flame ionization detector. Analysis of the 2 samples, based on peak height measurements, showed the following results: 1.5% overall coefficient of variation, 1.03% coefficient of variation for random error, and 0.23% systematic error. Sample A was an 80% powder formulation; Sample B was a 5% dilution of Sample A by the addition of inert material. The coefficients of variation were 1.20% for Sample A and 1.54% for Sample B. The larger variation in Sample B most likely resulted from nonuniform mixing during the dilution of Sample A. Since all collaborators used the same reference standard, the variation found in Sample A is more indicative of the variability of the method. The method has been adopted as official first action.