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Screening of semivolatile organic compounds for extractability and aqueous stability by SW-846 method 3510. Project summary

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6681229
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires operators of land-based hazardous waste facilities to analyze ground water for approximately 375 hazardous constituents. As part of an ongoing effort in a hierarchical scheme to demonstrate the applicability of present U.S. EPA analysis methods and/or to develop new methodology, the suitability of SW-846 Method 3510 for the determination of hazardous, organic compounds was evaluated. The compounds selected for the study included all semivolatile organic compounds on the borderline chemicals list, and were shown to be amenable to gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis. After eliminating 13 compounds for various reasons, the extraction efficiency from water and seven-day aqueous stability of the remaining 153 compounds were determined.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
OSTI ID:
6681229
Report Number(s):
PB-93-157766/XAB; EPA--600/S4-88/005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English