Data and Tools

EPA Method 8260D (SW-846): Volatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)

This method provides procedures for analysis of solid, water and wipe samples to detect and measure selected volatile organic compounds, using purge-and-trap GC-MS.

OSHA Method PV2004: Acrylamide

This method describes procedures for preparation and analysis of air samples for detection and measurement of acrylamide, using by solvent desorption and HPLC.

EPA Method 7580 (SW-846): White Phosphorus (P4) by Solvent Extraction and Gas Chromatography

This method provides procedures to detect and determine the concentration of white phosphorus in solid, water and wipe samples.

Overview of EPA's Climate Change Indicators

This one-hour webinar explored EPA's Climate Change Indicators in the United States, which is a comprehensive and accessible resource that includes 54 indicators.

Campaigns Driving Electric Vehicle Awareness

This one-hour webinar shared effective messages and mechanisms for designing state and local campaigns that raise awareness of electric vehicles (EVs).

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

SAM lists this method for preparation of solid samples to be analyzed for determination of total arsenic, thallium, and vanadium.

NIOSH Method 7905: Phosphorus

Method 7905 describes procedures for analysis of phosphorus in air samples, as vapor-phase phosphorus, using GC-FPD. If particulate phosphorus is expected, a filter can be used in the sampling train.

NIOSH Method 6013: Hydrogen Sulfide

Method 6013 describes procedures for analysis of hydrogen sulfide in air samples, as sulfate, using ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection.

NIOSH Method 6015: Ammonia

Method 6015 describes procedures for analysis of ammonia in air samples, as indophenol blue, using visible spectrophotometry.

NIOSH Method 6402: Phosphorus Trichloride

Method 6402 describes procedures for analysis of phosphorus trichloride in air samples, as phosphate, using visible spectrophotometry.

NIOSH Method 5600: Organophosphorus Pesticides

Method 5600 describes procedures for the analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in air samples using GC-FPD.

NIOSH Method 6010: Hydrogen Cyanide

Method 6010 describes procedures for analysis of hydrogen cyanide in air samples, as a cyanide ion complex, using visible spectrophotometry.

NIOSH Method 2513: Ethylene Chlorohydrin

Method 2513 describes procedures for analysis of ethylene chorohydrin in air samples using GC-FID.

NIOSH Method 2016: Formaldehyde

Method 2016 describes procedures for analysis of formaldehyde in air samples using HPLC with a UV detector.

EPA Method 8315A (SW-846): Determination of Carbonyl Compounds by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

This method describes procedures for detection and measurement of free carbonyl compounds in various matrices by derivatization and HPLC-UV detection.

EPA CLP ISMO 2.3 Cyanide: Analytical Methods for Total Cyanide Analysis

This method describes procedures for preparation and analysis of solid, water and wipe samples for total cyanide, using midi- or micro-distillation and spectrophotometry.

EPA IO [Inorganic] Compendium Method IO-3.1: Selection, Preparation, and Extraction of Filter Material

This method describes procedures for preparation of air samplesfor analysis of total arsenic, osmium, vanadium or thallium, using acid extraction.

EPA Method 7473 (SW-846): Mercury in Solids and Solutions by Thermal Decomposition, Amalgamation, and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

This method describes procedures for preparation and
analysis of solid and wipe samples for the detection and measurement of total mercury.

EPA Method 8330B (SW-846): Nitroaromatics, Nitramines, and Nitrate Esters by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

This method describes procedures for preparation and analysis of solid, water and wipe samples for nitroaromatics, nitramines and nitrate esters using HPLC-UV detection.

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

Cold-vapor atomic absorption procedure for determining the concentration of mercury in solid and semisolid wastes.