Analysis of Diet Tonic Water Using Capillary Electrophoresis. An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Experiment

Harvey B. Herman , John R. Jezorek and Zhe Tang
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (6), p 743
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p743
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000

Abstract

An experiment for instrumental analysis is described in which components of diet tonic water are determined using capillary electrophoresis. Separation of quinine, saccharin, and benzoate in pH 7 phosphate buffer, with phenol as internal standard, is accomplished in about 12 minutes. The equipment requirements are modest: UV detection on an unmodified column. One of the components, quinine, is quantitated using a four-point standard addition calibration curve.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Analytical Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Instrumental Methods

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