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Identification and measurement of chlorinated organic pesticides in water by electron-capture gas chromatography

Water Supply Paper 1817-B
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1817B

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Abstract

Pesticides, in minute quantities, may affect the regimen of streams, and because they may concentrate in sediments, aquatic organisms, and edible aquatic foods, their detection and their measurement in the parts-per-trillion range are considered essential. In 1964 the U.S. Geological Survey at Menlo Park, Calif., began research on methods for monitoring pesticides in water. Two systems were selected--electron-capture gas chromatography and microcoulometric-titration gas chromatography. Studies on these systems are now in progress. This report provides current information on the development and application of an electron-capture gas chromatographic procedure. This method is a convenient and extremely sensitive procedure for the detection and measurement of organic pesticides having high electron affinities, notably the chlorinated organic pesticides. The electron-affinity detector is extremely sensitive to these substances but it is not as sensitive to many other compounds. By this method, the chlorinated organic pesticide may be determined on a sample of convenient size in concentrations as low as the parts-per-trillion range. To insure greater accuracy in the identifications, the pesticides reported were separated and identified by their retention times on two different types of gas chromatographic columns.

Suggested Citation

Lamar, W.L., Goerlitz, D.F., and Law, L., 1965, Identification and measurement of chlorinated organic pesticides in water by electron-capture gas chromatography: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1817, iii, 12 p. ;24 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1817B.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Identification and measurement of chlorinated organic pesticides in water by electron-capture gas chromatography
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 1817
Chapter B
DOI 10.3133/wsp1817B
Year Published 1965
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. G.P.O.,
Description iii, 12 p. ;24 cm.
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