Chlordane: Environmental Health Criteria 34

Chlordane is a viscous, light yellow to amber-coloured liquid. Technical chlordane is a mixture of at least 26 different components and up to 14 distinct chromatographic components have been described. Its main components are a- and y-chlordane. Analysis is difficult because of the complex nature of chlordane. The principal method for its qualitative and quantitative determination is gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection.