a School of Chemistry, La Trobe University Melbourne Vic 3083 Australia
b BHP Research Wallsend NSW 2287 Australia
c Department of Chemical Sciences, Victoria University of Technology Melbourne Vic 3011 Australia
Abstract:
A procedure is described for the identification and determination of the quaternary ammonium ion components of the commercial solvent extraction reagent Aliquat 336 using Electro Spray Mass Spectrometry (ESMS). The procedure is extremely rapid when compared with an existing procedure based on gas chromatography and produces comparable results in terms of accuracy and precision.