(1) Laboratorio di Tossicologia Applicata, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Roma, Italy;(2) Laboratorio di Igiene del Territorio, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Roma, Italy
Abstract:
Summary 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.