Science & Technology

SW-846 Test Method 5030B: Purge-and-Trap for Aqueous Samples

describes a purge-and-trap procedure for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in aqueous samples and water miscible liquid samples

SW-846 Test Method 8325: Solvent Extractable Nonvolatile Compounds by High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Particle Beam/Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/PB/MS)

describes the use of HPLC, coupled with PB and MS, for the determination of benzidines and nitrogen-containing pesticides in water and wastewater

SW-846 Test Method 3630C: Silica Gel Cleanup

guidance for standard column cleanup of sample extracts as well as cleanup procedures using solid-phase extraction cartridges

SW-846 Test Method 3020A: Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts for Total Metals for Analysis by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (GFAA)

digestion procedure used for the preparation of aqueous samples, mobility-procedure extracts, and wastes that contain suspended solids to determine the sample's metal content

SW-846 Test Method 1120: Dermal Corrosion

the dermal corrosion assay system is an in vitro test method which determines the corrosive potential of a substance toward human skin

SW-846 Test Method 1050: Test Methods to Determine Substances Likely to Spontaneously Combust

provides test procedures which may be used to evaluate and categorize liquid and solid wastes that are likely to spontaneously combust

SW-846 Test Method 1030: Ignitability of Solids

method suitable for the determination of the ignitability of solids and is appropriate for pastes, granular materials, solids that can be cut into strips, and powdery substances

Guidance for the Sampling and Analysis of Municipal Waste Combustion Ash for the Toxicity Characteristic

Guidance to assist generators of ash from municipal waste combustion facilities in determining whether their ash is hazardous because it exhibits the Toxicity Characteristics (TC).

SW-846 Test Method 7471B: Mercury in Solid or Semisolid Waste (Manual Cold-Vapor Technique)

describes a cold-vapor atomic absorption procedure for measuring mercury in soils, sediments, bottom deposits, and sludge-type materials

SW-846 Test Method 7474: Mercury in Sediment and Tissue Samples by Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

method to detect mercury from approximately 1 part per billion to the part per million range

SW-846 Test Method 4430: Screening For Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) In Soils and Sediments Using an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Based Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Assay

Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods

SW-846 Test Method 5000: Sample Preparation for Volatile Organic Compounds

provides guidance on the selection of sample preparation methods for introducing volatile organic compounds into a detection device (outlined in the determinative methods)

SW-846 Test Method 8280B: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) by High-Resolution Gas Chromatography/Low-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods

SW-846 Test Method 8275A: Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Soil/Sludges and Solid Wastes Using Thermal Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TE/GC/MS)

thermal extraction capillary GC/MS procedure for the rapid quantitative determination of targeted PCBs and PAHs in soils, sludges and solid wastes