Science & Technology
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SW-846 Test Method 9090A: Compatibility Test for Wastes and Membrane Liners
procedure used to determine the effects of chemicals in a surface impoundment, waste pile, or landfill on the physical properties of FML materials intended to contain them
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SW-846 Test Method 9080: Cation-Exchange Capacity of Soils (Ammonium Acetate)
method used to determine the cation-exchange capacity of soils
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SW-846 Test Method 9079: Screening Test Method for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Transformer Oil
method that may be used to screen hydrocarbon based electrical insulating fluids for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at preset levels in under 10 minutes
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SW-846 Test Method 9214: Potentiometric Determination of Fluoride in Aqueous Samples with Ion-Selective Electrode
describes method for measuring total solubilized fluoride in drinking waters, natural surface waters, groundwaters, domestic and industrial wastewaters, and in soil extracts
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SW-846 Test Method 6500: Dissolved Inorganic Anions in Aqueous Matrices by Capillary Ion Electrophoresis
method to determine the dissolved inorganic anions in aqueous matrices (drinking water, wastewater, and ground water) using capillary ion electrophoresis with indirect UV detection
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SW-846 Test Method 6020B: Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry
method for determination of sub-g/L concentrations of a large number of elements in water samples and in waste extracts or digests
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SW-846 Test Method 6200: Field Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry for the Determination of Elemental Concentrations in Soil and Sediment
method is applicable to the in situ and intrusive analysis of the analytes listed
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SW-846 Test Method 5050: Bomb Preparation Method for Solid Waste
describes the sample preparation steps necessary to determine total chlorine in solid waste and virgin and used oils, fuels and related materials
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SW-846 Test Method 5035: Closed-System Purge-and-Trap and Extraction for Volatile Organics in Soil and Waste Samples
method that describes a closed-system purge-and-trap process for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solid materials
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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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