Hydrogen peroxide concentration analyses

Das, M., and V. P. Aneja, Analysis of Gaseous Hydrogen Peroxide Concentrations in Raleigh, North Carolina, J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 44, 176-180 (1994). 

A rough qualitative analysis tells us that, for the highest hydrogen peroxide concentrations, the slope of all log ILP vs. c-curves, obtained for the different pH values, appears to strive towards the same value of ca. 1.28 with the highest hydrogen peroxide concentrations. With lower hydrogen peroxide concentrations, the slope varies from 1.22, with the lowest pH value, to 0.49 at pH=14. 

Zhao et al. [103] proposed the immobilization of myoglobin on the surface of MWCNT-modified GCE. They foimd that the protein immobilized can catalyze the reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The pH selected for the analysis was 4.0 and under these conditions, the response of the biosensor was very fast, reaching the 90% in 6 s. The relationship between current and hydrogen peroxide concentration was linear up to 330 pM, the reproducibility was 5.9 % and the detection limit was 4.2 pM under anaerobic conditions. The voltammetric response did not change significantly after 1 month at 4 °C or 1 week stored in air. 

The noncompetitive inhibition of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by cyanide is not immediately obvious from the above reaction mechanism for if cyanide can compete in the formation of the peroxide complex which is responsible for the oxygen evolution in step IV, competitive inhibition might be expected. However, under the experimental conditions necessary to observe peroxide decomposition, an excess of peroxide is required and this is sufficient to give the maximal concentration of the peroxide complex, 1.2 or 1.6 moles of bound peroxide for each erythrocyte or bacterial catalase molecule respectively, i.e., the peroxide complex concentration is independent of the peroxide concentration. Analysis of the system under these conditions shows noncompetitive inhibition to hold. 

Hydrogen Peroxide Analysis. Luminol has been used for hydrogen peroxide analysis at concentrations as low as 10 M using the cobalt(III) triethanolamine complex (280) or ferricyanide (281) as promoter. With the latter, chemiluminescence is linear with peroxide concentration from... 

Peracid Analysis. Peracid concentrations can be measured in a product or in the bath by use of a standard iodide / thiosulfate titration (60). With preformed peracids or peracids formed via perhydrolysis care must be exercised to minimize the interference of hydrogen peroxide, present intentionally as a component of the perhydrolysis reaction or as a result of the hydrolysis of the peracid (87,88) as shown in equation 18. 

Sulfur Dioxide EPA Method 6 is the reference method for determining emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO9) from stationary sources. As the gas goes through the sampling apparatus (see Fig. 25-33), the sulfuric acid mist and sulfur trioxide are removed, the SO9 is removed by a chemical reaction with a hydrogen peroxide solution, and, finally, the sample gas volume is measured. Upon completion of the rim, the sulfuric acid mist and sulfur trioxide are discarded, and the collected material containing the SO9 is recovered for analysis at the laboratory. The concentration of SO9 in the sample is determined by a titration method. 

Satisfactory 40% peracetic acid is obtainable from Buffalo Electrochemical Corporation, Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, Buffalo, New York. The specifications given by the manufacturer for its composition are peracetic acid, 40% hydrogen peroxide, 5% acetic acid, 39% sulfuric acid, 1% water, 15%. Its density is 1.15 g./ml. The peracetic acid concentration should be determined by titration. A method for the analysis of peracid solutions is based on the use of ceric sulfate as a titrant for the hydrogen peroxide present, followed by an iodometric determination of the peracid present.3 The checkers found that peracetic acid of a lower concentration (27.5%) may also be used without a decrease in yield. The product was found to be sufficiently pure, after only one recrystallization from 60 ml. of petroleum ether (b.p. 40-60°) and cooling overnight to —18°, to be used in the next step. 

Similar accidents have been mentioned with H2S2O8 peroxydisulphuric acid. If the peroxide/alcohol mixtures are made with concentrated hydrogen peroxide, they either detonate or combust spontaneously. Analysis shows that the selfignition temperature of 2-propanol is much lower when hydrogen peroxide is present. 

Chemiluminescence reactions are currently exploited mainly either for analyte concentration measurements or for immunoanalysis and nucleic acid detection. In the latter case, a compound involved in the light emitting reaction is used as a label for immunoassays or for nucleic acid probes. In the former case, the analyte of interest directly participates in a chemiluminescence reaction or undergoes a chemical or an enzymatic transformation in such a way that one of the reaction products is a coreactant of a chemiluminescence reaction. In this respect, chemiluminescent systems that require H2O2 for the light emission are of particular interest in biochemical analysis. Hydrogen peroxide is in fact a product of several enzymatic reactions, which can be then coupled to a chemiluminescent detection. 

Two methods were examined for digestion of biological samples prior to trace element analysis. In the first one a nitric acid-hydrogen peroxide-hydrofluoric acid mixture was used in an open system, and in the second one nitric acid in a closed Teflon bomb. The latter method was superior for Ge determination, however, germanium was lost whenever hydrogen fluoride had to be added for disolving sihcious material. End analysis by ICP-AES was used for Ge concentrations in the Xg/g range13. 

It was found that the concentration of total oxidants measured in the off-gas from the hypo unit varied with process conditions. Precise analysis of the off-gas showed that under certain conditions chlorine dioxide is formed in the reaction step where the hypochlorite concentration is approximately 160-180 g l-1. In the sections below formation of chlorine dioxide in the hypochlorite unit is discussed with regard to process conditions and peak load of the feed stream. In essence, the emission of chlorine dioxide can be reduced to nearly zero by using a scrubber in which the chlorine dioxide reacts with hydrogen peroxide. 

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