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Table 2 Perchlorate peak area and peak height recovery in drinking water using different injection volumes

From: Validation data for the determination of perchlorate in water using ion chromatography with suppressed conductivity detection

Injection volume (µL)

Drinking watera + 1 µg/L ClO 4

Drinking watera + 5 µg/L ClO4

Recb peak area (%)

Recb peak height (%)

Recb peak area (%)

Recb peak height (%)

500

85.4

74.5

91.7

85.9

600

73.8

75.3

88.3

87.8

700

67.9

70.9

85.1

84.8

800

67.7

69.8

83.4

81.2

900

60.7

65.5

82.2

78.7

1000

55.7

50.3

79.5

64.0

  1. aSource: Wiesbaden, Germany. Matrix: chloride: 36 mg/L; sulphate: 68 mg/L; nitrate: 2.8 mg/L—determined by IC
  2. bRec: recovery of the perchlorate signal in the drinking water sample
  3. Rec Peak Area = 100 × Area(Sample)/Area(Standard); Rec Peak Height = 100 × Height(Sample)/Height(Standard)