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Determination of methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride in air using gas chromatography with electron-capture detection.

Abstract
Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) stimulates the production of specific IgE antibodies which can cause occupational allergy even at extremely low levels of exposure (15-22 micrograms/m3). Safe use in industry demands control of the levels of exposure causing allergic diseases. Thus, the air monitoring of MTHPA is very important, and sensitive methods are required to measure low air concentrations or short-time peak exposures. This paper outlines the use of silica-gel tubes for sampling airborne MTHPA vapour, followed by analysis using gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. No breakthrough was observed at 113, 217, 673 and 830 micrograms/m3 (sampling volume 30, 60, 60 and 20 l, respectively; relative humidity 40-55%). Concentrations > 1.0 microgram/m3 could be quantified at 20-min sampling with a sampling rate of 1 l/min. The present method can also be applied to measurements of exposure to hexahydrophthalic and methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride. The risk of MTHPA exposure in two condenser plants was also assessed by determining MTHPA levels in air of the workplace. In conclusion, our method was found to be reliable and sensitive, and can be applied to the evaluation of MTHPA exposure.
AuthorsY Johyama, K Yokota, Y Fujiki, T Takeshita, K Morimoto
JournalIndustrial health (Ind Health) Vol. 37 Issue 4 Pg. 364-8 (Oct 1999) ISSN: 0019-8366 [Print] Japan
PMID10547951 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bronchoconstrictor Agents
  • Phthalic Anhydrides
  • methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride
  • Silicon Dioxide
Topics
  • Air Pollution, Indoor (analysis)
  • Bronchoconstrictor Agents (analysis)
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Humans
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Phthalic Anhydrides (analysis)
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Volatilization

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