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3. Chemical industry

The most commonly used compound in companies, the TOC load of the individu- op protective mechanisms to help pro- lems. Because of their modular design,
the chemical industry is water – not al wastewaters is often used as a basis tect instruments and their components, the instruments in the TOC-L series can
only as a solvent in processing, but also for calculation. Companies delivering as well as to prevent damage by, for be equipped for any possible measure-
as an energy carrier in the cooling or higher TOC loads are required to pay instance, acid fumes or high salt loads. ment task.
heating cycle. As vast amounts of water higher charges. For this purpose, Shimadzu’s TOC-L
are needed, chemical industries are series offers several gas washers and The individual application notes (for
often located close to large bodies of Incoming goods control is important in options to ensure safe and problem-free instance ‘TOC determination in hydro-
flowing water. Water used as processing the chemical industry. Impurities present analyses. chloric acid, brines or sodium hydrox-
water or as cooling water is cleaned and in reagents often also constitute the ide’) contain further information. In ad-
subsequently led back to the river or impurities in products. In addition to the A further challenge is to attain a stable dition to applications in the chemical
stream. For environmental protection, targeted analysis of known compounds, and reproducible oxidation to ensure industry, application notes are also
these waters are subject to specific con- sum parameters can help to assess the that no fluctuating or strongly tailing available on ‘Pharmaceutical industry’,
trol and monitoring measures. As the raw chemicals in terms of their impuri- peaks are recorded. In addition, the ‘Environmental analysis’, ‘TOC special
TOC non-specifically detects all organic ties. The TOC plays an important role measuring values should remain stable applications’, ‘TOC in daily practice’ and
compounds, this parameter has also here: this parameter describes the con- over a longer measuring interval. ‘TOC process analysis.’
proven to be invaluable here. tamination through organic compounds
and specifies the total amount of organ- In order to cover this wide range of ana-
Large chemical industrial parks have ic carbon. TOC can, therefore, also be lytical tasks in the chemical industry,
their own wastewater treatment plants used for the assessment of inorganic flexible systems are needed that are
for cleaning wastewaters emanating chemicals. easily adapted to the task in question
from the various chemical plants. In via various options, kits and modules.
order to evenly distribute the waste- The great challenge for TOC measure- Shimadzu offers TOC systems that are
water charges over the participating ments in chemical products is to devel- highly suitable for such analytical prob-