EPA RECOMMENDED SW-846 METHODS OF ANALYSIS

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EPA RECOMMENDED SW-846 METHODS OF ANALYSIS

VOLUME ONE SECTION A

DISCLAIMER

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

METHOD INDEX AND CONVERSION TABLE

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART I METHODS FOR ANALYTES AND PROPERTIES

CHAPTER ONE -- QUALITY CONTROL

1.0 Introduction

2.0 QA Project Plan

3.0 Field Operations

4.0 Laboratory Operations

5.0 Definitions

6.0 References

CHAPTER TWO -- CHOOSING THE CORRECT PROCEDURE

2.1 Purpose

2.2 Required Information

2.3 Implementing the Guidance

2.4 Characteristics

2.5 Ground Water

2.6 References

CHAPTER THREE -- INORGANIC ANALYTES

3.1 Sampling Considerations

3.2 Sample Preparation Methods

Method 3005A: Acid Digestion of Waters for Total Recoverable or Dissolved Metals for Analysis by

FLAA or ICP Spectroscopy

Method 3010A: Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts for Total Metals for Analysis by

FLAA or ICP Spectroscopy

Method 3015: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts

Method 3020A: Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts for Total Metals for Analysis by

GFAA Spectroscopy

Method 3031: Acid Digestion of Oils for Metals Analysis by Atomic Absorption or ICP Spectrometry



Method 3040A: Dissolution Procedure for Oils, Greases, or Waxes

Method 3050B: Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, and Soils

Method 3051: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, Soils, and Oils

Method 3052: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically Based Matrices

Method 3060A: Alkaline Digestion for Hexavalent Chromium

3.3 Methods for Determination of Inorganic Analytes

Method 6010B: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry

Method 6020: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Method 7000A: Atomic Absorption Methods

Method 7020: Aluminum (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7040: Antimony (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7041: Antimony (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7060A: Arsenic (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7061A: Arsenic (Atomic Absorption, Gaseous Hydride)

Method 7062: Antimony and Arsenic (Atomic Absorption, Borohydride Reduction)

Method 7063: Arsenic in Aqueous Samples and Extracts by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV)

Method 7080A: Barium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7081: Barium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7090: Beryllium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7091: Beryllium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7130: Cadmium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7131A: Cadmium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7140: Calcium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7190: Chromium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7191: Chromium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7195: Chromium, Hexavalent (Coprecipitation)

Method 7196A: Chromium, Hexavalent (Colorimetric)

Method 7197: Chromium, Hexavalent (Chelation/Extraction)

Method 7198: Chromium, Hexavalent (Differential Pulse Polarography)

Method 7199: Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water, Groundwater and Industrial

Wastewater Effluents by Ion Chromatography

Method 7200: Cobalt (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7201: Cobalt (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7210: Copper (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7211: Copper (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7380: Iron (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7381: Iron (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7420: Lead (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7421: Lead (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7430: Lithium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7450: Magnesium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7460: Manganese (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7461: Manganese (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7470A: Mercury in Liquid Waste (Manual Cold-Vapor Technique)

Method 7471A: Mercury in Solid or Semisolid Waste (Manual Cold-Vapor Technique)

Method 7472: Mercury in Aqueous Samples and Extracts by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV)

Method 7480: Molybdenum (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7481: Molybdenum (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7520: Nickel (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7521: Nickel (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Method)

Method 7550: Osmium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7580: White Phosphorus (P ) by Solvent Extraction and Gas 4 Chromatography

Method 7610: Potassium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7740: Selenium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7741A: Selenium (Atomic Absorption, Gaseous Hydride)

Method 7742: Selenium (Atomic Absorption, Borohydride Reduction)

Method 7760A: Silver (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7761: Silver (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7770: Sodium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7780: Strontium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7840: Thallium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7841: Thallium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7870: Tin (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7910: Vanadium (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7911: Vanadium (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

Method 7950: Zinc (Atomic Absorption, Direct Aspiration)

Method 7951: Zinc (Atomic Absorption, Furnace Technique)

APPENDIX -- COMPANY REFERENCES

VOLUME ONE SECTION B

CHAPTER FOUR -- ORGANIC ANALYTES

4.1 Sampling Considerations

4.2 Sample Preparation Methods

4.2.1 Extractions and Preparations

Method 3500B: Organic Extraction and Sample Preparation

Method 3510C: Separatory Funnel Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Method 3520C: Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Method 3535: Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE)

Method 3540C: Soxhlet Extraction

Method 3541: Automated Soxhlet Extraction

Method 3542: Extraction of Semivolatile Analytes Collected Using Method 0010 (Modified Method 5

Sampling Train)

Method 3545: Pressurized Fluid Extraction (PFE)

Method 3550B: Ultrasonic Extraction

Method 3560: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Method 3561: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Method 3580A: Waste Dilution

Method 3585: Waste Dilution for Volatile Organics

Method 5000: Sample Preparation for Volatile Organic Compounds

Method 5021: Volatile Organic Compounds in Soils and Other Solid Matrices Using Equilibrium

Headspace Analysis

Method 5030B: Purge-and-Trap for Aqueous Samples

Method 5031: Volatile, Nonpurgeable, Water-Soluble Compounds by Azeotropic Distillation

Method 5032: Volatile Organic Compounds by Vacuum Distillation

Method 5035: Closed-System Purge-and-Trap and Extraction for Volatile Organics in Soil and Waste

Samples

Method 5041A: Analysis for Desorption of Sorbent Cartridges from Volatile Organic Sampling Train

(VOST)

4.2.2 Cleanup

Method 3600C: Cleanup

Method 3610B: Alumina Cleanup

Method 3611B: Alumina Column Cleanup and Separation of Petroleum Wastes

Method 3620B: Florisil Cleanup

Method 3630C: Silica Gel Cleanup

Method 3640A: Gel-Permeation Cleanup

Method 3650B: Acid-Base Partition Cleanup

Method 3660B: Sulfur Cleanup

Method 3665A: Sulfuric Acid/Permanganate Cleanup

4.3 Determination of Organic Analytes

4.3.1 Gas Chromatographic Methods

Method 8000B: Determinative Chromatographic Separations

Method 8011: 1,2-Dibromoethane and 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane by