Gas Chromatographic Determination of 1,4-Dioxane in Polysorbate 60 and Polysorbate 80
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Abstract A gas chromatographic method is presented for the quantitative determination of 1,4- dioxane in polysorbate 60 and polysorbate 80. Dioxane is isolated from the matrix by closedsystem vacuum distillation with water as the carrier solvent. The distillate is chromatographed on Chromosorb 104 and detected by flame ionization. Recoveries of dioxane from polysorbate 60 samples fortified at 0.5, 1, 2, and 20 ppm averaged 90, 91, 85, and 75%, respectively. Recoveries from polysorbate 80 fortified at the same levels averaged 100, 88, 95, and 95%, respectively. Samples of polysorbate 60 and polysorbate 80 were found to contain from 5.5 to 378 ppm dioxane.
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