The invention discloses a method for determining
formaldehyde in a water-based
adhesive for cigarettes, which belongs to the technical field of
formaldehyde determination, and comprises the following steps: sample pretreatment: adding a water-based
adhesive to be determined into an outer tube of a direct extraction sample introduction
bottle, adding water, uniformly shaking and dispersing, then adding a
derivatization reagent solution, carrying out vortex uniform mixing, then carrying out ultrasonic extraction, and simultaneously carrying out
formaldehyde extraction and
derivatization reaction, a to-be-detected sample is directly obtained after the inner tube is pressed down; and performing liquid chromatographic analysis: directly loading the sample to be detected on a
machine for sample detection. According to the method, extraction and
derivatization reaction of formaldehyde in the water-based
adhesive are carried out at the same time, traditional
centrifugation,
filtration and solution transfer are not needed, jelly emulsification generated after
acetonitrile is directly added into the water-based adhesive is avoided, the use amount of toxic 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine serving as a common derivatization
reagent is reduced, meanwhile, complete derivatization reaction of formaldehyde is ensured, and the yield of the water-based adhesive is increased. The sample pretreatment process is simplified, and the detection efficiency is improved.