Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1996, 61, 1738-1744
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19961738
Spectrophotometric Determination of Dimethyl Disulfide in Air Pollutants from the Rubber Industry
Anna Turek, Monika Skrzydlinska and Bogdan Ptaszynski
Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Technical University, 36 Zwirki Str. 90-924, Łódż, Poland
Abstract
A spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in complex gas mixtures emitted by the rubber industry. The method allows organic disulfides to be quantitated in amounts exceeding 1.5 mg/m3 gas (expressed as DMDS) and can be applied to the determination of disulfides in air at workplace as well as in gaseous products of thermal and biological decomposition of solid substances. The method enables disulfides and mercaptans to be determined simultaneously.
Keywords: Dimethyl disulfide; Spectrophotometric determination in air; Rubber industry.
