Since the stress relaxation behavior of vulcanized rubber in atmosphere containing ozone was reported, we have studied the determination methods for ozone concentration. The values obtained by them were found so different from each other, and there were the merits and demerits in each method.
Three methods which had already been standardized in ASTM D 1149 : the spray jet method the modified spray jet method, and the counter current method, were investigated and compared with each other in this paper, and also the method applying electro-coulombmetry which was developed by A. E. Ehmert, the modified ones, and the automatic measurement recording method developed by MAST Co., Ltd. in U.S.A. were investigated.
According to the results the ASTM methods showed higher efficiency of ozone absorption among them and the electro-coulombmetry methods did lower eficiency.
However, there were several troubles in ASTM methods on the operation of measurement, whereas the electro-coulombmetry methods had several merits. And so we studied the electro-coulombmetry methods for ozone concentration.
The following considerations were made on the low efficiency of ozone absorption.Theconcentration of KI in the absorption solution, the absorption with or without the phosphate buffersolution, the dependence of the endpoint of the electrolytic reaction upon the KI concentration, and the glass-filter of absorption apparatus vastly affected the determination values.
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