Decay rate of gas-phase peracetic acid in a polyvinyl fluoride sample bag

In this study the temperature dependent decay rate of gas-phase peracetic acid (PAA) concentrations in polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) sample bags was measured. Headspace from a PAA solution was used to dynamically generate atmospheres of gas-phase PAA which were transferred to PVF bags. The concentration...

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Published in:Environmental science--processes & impacts Vol. 27; no. 8; p. 2422
Main Authors: Doepke, Amos, Streicher, Robert P, Stastny, Angela L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 13.08.2025
Subjects:
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollutants - chemistry
Environmental Monitoring
Gases - chemistry
Kinetics
Models, Chemical
Peracetic Acid - analysis
Peracetic Acid - chemistry
Polyvinyls - chemistry
Temperature
ISSN:2050-7895, 2050-7895
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Summary:In this study the temperature dependent decay rate of gas-phase peracetic acid (PAA) concentrations in polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) sample bags was measured. Headspace from a PAA solution was used to dynamically generate atmospheres of gas-phase PAA which were transferred to PVF bags. The concentration of gas-phase PAA in PVF bags, in a temperature-controlled environment, was measured time using both selected ion flow-tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) and impinger based colorimetric measurements. A review of PAA decomposition reactions, kinetics, and results of SIFT-MS measure of PAA and acetic acid are discussed. Gas-phase PAA concentrations in the PVF bags exhibited exponential decay consistent with first-order kinetics. The temperature dependent decay rate of gas-phase PAA concentration in PVF sample bags had half-lives that ranged from 19 h (at 30 °C) to 45 h (at 10 °C). From the Arrhenius equation, an activation energy of 34.2 ± 1.1 kJ mol (8.2 ± 0.3 kcal mol ) was calculated from the temperature dependence of the decay constant. In this work, the half-lives of gas-phase PAA concentrations measured in PVF were considerably longer than other studies of PAA in containers.
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ISSN:2050-7895
2050-7895
DOI:10.1039/d5em00286a