Study of some alcohol amounts in commercial alcoholic disinfectant solutions using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection

Masoumeh Darbanian; Azizollah Nezhadali; Vafa Baradaran Rahimi

doi:10.5155/eurjchem.13.3.279-283.2240

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Published: Sep 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5155/eurjchem.13.3.279-283.2240

Keywords:

Ethanol, Methanol, COVID-19, Isopropanol, Hand sanitizer, Gas chromatography

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Research Article

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2022): September 2022

Dates

Received 2022-03-07
Accepted 2022-05-18
Published 2022-09-30

Masoumeh Darbanian

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, 19395-4697, 19569, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-2086

Azizollah Nezhadali

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, 19395-4697, 19569, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-3081

Vafa Baradaran Rahimi

Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-5095

Abstract

A simple solvent extraction method was used to analyze alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHRs) using gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector. 79 samples including 68 liquid and 11-gelled ABHRs were analyzed in the Food and Drug Laboratories Research Center of Mashhad, Iran. 17 samples had methanol, 50 samples had the correct percentage of alcohol (60-80%), and 12 samples had the incorrect percentage of alcohol (<60%). The RSD% of methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol were as 2.28, 2.18, and 1.52, respectively. The relative recoveries for methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol were 102.5, 97.8, and 114, respectively. All experiments were repeated three times. The limit of detection and the limit of quantification for methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol were obtained as 0.22, 0.24, 0.10 (%) and 0.71, 0.82, 0.68 (%), respectively.

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Darbanian, M.; Nezhadali, A.; Rahimi, V. B. Study of Some Alcohol Amounts in Commercial Alcoholic Disinfectant Solutions Using Gas Chromatography With Flame Ionization Detection. Eur. J. Chem. 2022, 13, 279-283.

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