Spectrophotometric method for determination parts per million levels of cyclohexylamine in water.

UV-vis spectrophotometric method for the analysis of cyclohexylamine (CHA) in aqueous medium in the range of 0.3-20 ppm was developed by coupling CHA with sodium 1,2-naphthaquinone-4-sulphonate (NQS). At 470 nm a calibration slope of 0.028 OD ppm(-1) was observed. Minimum detection limit was 0.3 ppm with standard deviation of 0.1 ppm. Reagent concentration and solution pH for the analysis are optimised by studying its effect on absorbance at 470 nm. The method was applied to analyse CHA for evaluating the performance of ion exchange resin used in condensate purification plant (CPP) of power station where, CHA is used as all volatile treatment (AVT) reagent to inhibit steam generator (SG) corrosion. Structure of the adduct formed by coupling CHA with NQS is elucidated using NMR ((1)H and (13)C) and IR spectra, CHN analysis and mole ratio variation method.