METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HYDROPEROXIDES

摘要

Novel methods and apparatus for analyzing the hydroperoxide content of a material comprising hydroperoxides. The novel methods comprise continuously flowing a carrier stream through a continuous flow reactor (2); mixing Fe(II) ions, thiocyanate ions, and a material comprising hydroperoxides in the carrier stream; reacting the hydroperoxides with the Fe(II) ions thereby reducing the hydroperoxides and oxidizing the Fe(II) ions to Fe(III) ions; forming Fe(III)-thiocyanate complexes; and determining the amount of Fe(III)-thiocyanate complexes present in the carrier stream to obtain a measurement corresponding to the amount of hydroperoxides oxidized.