Abstract
AnovelanalyticalmethodfordeterminationofacetaldehydeusingtheJISandJASdesiccatormethodhasbeendevelopedthatinvolves2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazinederivatizationandhighperformanceliquidchromatograph(DNPH-HPLC)technique.TheacetaldehydevaluesdeterminedbytheDNPH-HPLCmethodwereingoodagreementwiththoseobtainedbytheothertitration.Theapplicationofthemethodforthedesiccatorsampleenablestodetectandquantifyacetaldehydeandothercarbonylcompoundsemittedfromwoodbasedmaterialsandadhesives.Inaddition,themethodmadepossiblethedetectionofacetaldehydeemissionfromnon-formaldehydeadhesivesandtheexpansionofthedesiccatormethod.TheuseofanewDNPH-HPLCmethodoffersrapidandfacileanalysisforthedetailedinvestigationoftheacetaldehydeemissionfromvariouswoodbasedmaterialsandadhesives.
