td_1018x Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) This is for my chemistry IA but every method I found on google seems to require equipment that my school laboratory does not have (eg. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry). Does any of you know of better/simpler ways to measure aldehyde content in a liquid sample using equipment that would be commonly available in a school laboratory? Thanks! Edited November 1, 2016 by td_1018x Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 We can't provide you a detailed approach but you can try look for chemical tests (as opposed to analytical techniques) and use a spectrophotometer plus Beer-Lambert Law to figure out concentration. As usual, the more pure of a sample you have, the less likely that there will be competing reactions. If your school have UV lamps, you can opt to do thin-layer chromatography to identify number of different compounds. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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