Method 608
Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs
Scope
This method covers the determination of certain organochlorine pesticides and PCBs.
This is a gas chromatographic (GC) method applicable to the determination of the compounds listed above in municipal and industrial discharges as provided under 40 CFR Part 136.1.
A measured volume of sample, approximately 1 L, is extracted with methylene chloride using a separatory funnel. The methylene chloride extract is dried and exchanged to hexane during concentration to a volume of 10 mL or less. The extract is separated by gas chromatography and the parameters are then measured with an electron capture detector. The method provides a Florisil column cleanup procedure and an elemental sulfur removal procedure to aid in the elimination of interferences that may be encountered.
-EPA Method Guidance CD-ROM (includes MCAWW Methods, and most current EPA Methods)
Method Data
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Analyte List
| Analyte |
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| 4,4´-DDD |
| 4,4´-DDE |
| 4,4´-DDT |
| Aldrin |
| alpha-BHC |
| alpha-Chlordane |
| Aroclor 1016 |
| Aroclor 1221 |
| Aroclor 1232 |
| Aroclor 1242 |
| Aroclor 1248 |
| Aroclor 1254 |
| Aroclor 1260 |
| beta-BHC |
| delta-BHC |
| Dieldrin |
| Endosulfan I |
| Endosulfan II |
| Endosulfan Sulfate |
| Endrin |
| Endrin Aldehyde |
| gamma-BHC |
| gamma-Chlordane |
| Heptachlor |
| Heptachlor epoxide |
| Hexachlorobenzene |
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