
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lauder, I 
A1  - Zerner, B 
T1  - The Conversion of Oxygen in Compounds to Carbon Monoxide for Mass-Spectrometric Analysis
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1959
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 621
EP  - 629
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9590621 
N2  - A method by which oxygen in many organic compounds and some inorganic compounds can be converted to carbon monoxide for mass-spectrometric analysis is described. The compound is decomposed in the vapour state in the presence of excess bromine by contact with a clean or a carbon-coated platinum wire at a bright red heat. The bromine acts as a scavanger and removes hydrogen and hydrocarbons. Carbon monoxide is obtained quantitatively and may be isolated in a pure state, except when the compound contains nitrogen, by freezing out the other decomposition products using liquid air. Memory and dilution effects are very small. 
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