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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 35-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2004.03.007
Keywords
total phenol; focussed microwave-assisted distillation; flow injection analysis; effluents
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This paper reports the development of a new approach for total phenol distillation using a focussed microwave oven, aiming its determination in petroleum refinery effluents and sour waters. In the procedure, 25 ml of sample is distilled during 15 min at 210 W power. At these conditions, recoveries as high as 95% are obtained, making possible the determination of total phenol in the samples without any interference and in a time significantly lower than that required by the reference method. In the course of the research, the influence of the distilled volume was investigated and a Doehlert matrix was employed for the multivariate optimization of the irradiation power and time. Quantification of phenol was spectrophotometrically performed in a FIA system, exploring classical reaction of phenol with 4-amineantipyrine and ferricyanide. Aqueous standards solutions of phenol could be directly injected in the FIA system for calibration purposes, making the procedure very simple and low time-consuming. A detection limit of 10 mug l(-1) was achieved as well as a quantification limit of 33 mug l(-1), becoming the procedure very suitable to be applied in the control of total phenols in effluents from petroleum industry. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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