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CSN - Optional or Supplemental CSN Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Procedures that are used to support laboratory operations for optional or supplemental analyses. These optional SOPs are available for use in special projects as needed and not used in the routine CSN.

  • DRI SOP Procedure for Light Transmission Analysis (pdf) (907.31 KB, 07/2008)
  • DRI SOP Analysis of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds by GC/MS (pdf) (1.33 MB, 09/2008)
    DRI SOP Analysis of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds by GC/MS
  • SOP for Coating and Extracting Compact Parallel - Plate Denuders for Ammonia Determination (pdf) (377.43 KB, 03/2010)
  • SOP for Coating and Extracting Denuders for Capture of Ammonia and Its Measurement (pdf) (301.83 KB, 9/2008)
  • SOP for the X-Series ICP-MS for the Analysis of Particulate Deposits on Teflon Filters (pdf) (292.48 KB, 8/2008)
  • SOP for the Determination of Carbon Fractions in Particulate Matter Using the IMPROVE_A Heating Protocol on a DRI Model 2001 Analyzer (pdf) (489.54 KB, 2/2009)
  • SOP for the Determination of Carbon Fractions in Particulate Matter Using the IMPROVE_A Heating Protocol on a Sunset Laboratory Dual-Mode Analyzer (pdf) (459.26 KB, 2/2009)
  • SOP for the Determination of Organic, Elemental, and Total Carbon in Particulate Matter using a Thermal/Optical-Transmittance Carbon Analyzer (pdf) (458.67 KB, 2/2009)
  • SOP for Temperature Calibration of the sample Thermocouple in a Sunset Laboratory or a DRI Model 2001 Carbon Aerosol Analyzer (pdf) (349.08 KB, 2/2009)
  • SOP Procedures for Coating R&P Speciation Sampler ChemcombTM Denuders with Sodium Carbonate (pdf) (325.39 KB, 5/2008)
  • SOP for Sample Preparation and Analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 Samples by Scanning Electron Microscopy (pdf) (368.49 KB, 8/2008)
    SOP for Sample Preparation and Analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 Samples by Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • SOP for Coating and Extracting Annular Denuders with Sodium Carbonate (pdf) (294.25 KB, 2/2009)
  • SOP for Coating Annular Denuders with XAD-4 Resin (pdf) (287.33 KB, 5/2008)

Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center (AMTIC)

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Last updated on July 16, 2025
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