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A simple and accurate headspace-GC method is described to determine the amount of ethylene oxide which has been collected from air using adsorption tubes containing activated charcoal and a relatively safe desorbing agent (N,N-dimethyl acetamide). The detection limit is 40μg/m3.
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Binetti, R., Di Marzio, S., Di Prospero, P. et al. Headspace gas chromatographic determination of ethylene oxide in air. Chromatographia 21, 701–704 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02313683
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