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During September 25 to October 28, 1985, the enzyme fluorometric (Lazrus et al., 1985) and the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (Klockow and Jacob, 1986; Jaeschke, 1986) techniques for analyzing H2O2 were compared in laboratory studies at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. and under field conditions at the Whiteface Mt. field station of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, New York, U.S.A. Both methods showed excellent agreement, with a maximum deviation of ±5%. Only at unusually high concentrations of some potential atmospheric species could slight interferences be observed. During the experiments the detection limits were 1.3×10-8 mol/l (0.44 ppbm) of H2O2 for the fluorometric instrument and 4×10-8 mol/l (1.36 ppbm) of H2O2 for the chemiluminescence instrument. For the chemiluminescence technique, the response to methylhydroperoxide was approximately 80-fold less than that to an equivalent concentration of H2O2.
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Beltz, N., Jaeschke, W., Kok, G.L. et al. A comparison of the enzyme fluorometric and the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence methods for measuring H2O2 . J Atmos Chem 5, 311–322 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00114109
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