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Technical Report 
IMPROVED ARSENIC ANALYSES MAY AID REGULATORS 
Dagani, R 
1981 
HMTC/81/0000212 
Eng 
29-30; 1981 
eng 
HMTC Studies have shown that some arsenicals are much more toxic than others. This article discusses a new analytical method, developed by Rockwell International's Environmental Monitoring and Services Center, which can be used to separate and identify five arsenic species: arsenite, arsenate, methanearsonate, cacodylate, and p-aminophenylarsonate. A schematic diagram of the automated Rockwell method is provided. Prior to the development of this method, the analytical procedure OSHA recommended could not distinguish between organic and inorganic arsenics. The automated Rockwell method converts arsenicals to arsine. 
arsenic; D004; Monitoring; Chemical Analysisampling; Monitoring Methods; Metals; Metals and Metal Compounds; Substance Identification