GCI TECH NOTES ©
by
David Gossman, Gossman Consulting, Inc.
As chemists, GCI personnel have set up and operated a significant number of laboratories designed to thoroughly analyze organic hazardous waste prior to thermal treatment. In 1995, GCI published "The “Best” Referenced Methods for
Organic Hazardous Waste Analysis”. This publication was a list of the referenced methods that should be considered the currently available "best" methods for using as references in organic hazardous waste analysis. This provides
an update to that publication.
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Parameters |
Method |
Title |
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Heat Content, Ash, Total Halogens/Sulfur Prep. |
ASTM D5468-02 |
Standard Test Method for Gross Calorific & Ash Value of Waste Materials |
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Chlorine, Other Halogens and Sulfur |
SW846 9056 |
Anion Chromatography Method |
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PCBs |
ASTM D6160-98 | Standard Test Method for Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Waste Materials by Gas Chromatography |
|
pH |
ASTM D4980-89 SW-846 9045 |
Standard Test Method for Screening of pH in Waste Soil pH |
|
Digestion/Dissolution for Metals |
ASTM D5513-99
ASTM E926-94 (Method A) |
Standard Practice for the Microwave Digestion of Industrial Furnace Feedstreams for Trace Element Analysis Standard Test Methods of Preparing Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Samples for Analyses of Metals |
|
Metals* |
SW-846 6010A
ASTM D5839 |
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
Standard Test Method for Trace Element Analysis of Hazardous Waste Fuel by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry |
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Density/Specific Gravity |
ASTM D5057-90 |
Standard Test Method for Screening Apparent Specific Gravity and Bulk Density of Waste |
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Viscosity |
ASTM D2196-99 ASTM D4979-95 |
Standard Test Methods for Rheological Properties of Non-Newtonian Materials by Rotational (Brookfield) Viscometer Standard Test Method for Physical Description Screening Analysis in Waste |
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Total Water |
ASTM D5530-94 | Standard Test Method for Total Moisture of Hazardous Waste Fuel by Karl Fischer Titrimetry |
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Cyanide |
ASTM D5049-90 |
Standard Test Method for the Screening of Cyanides in Waste |
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Sulfide |
ASTM D4978-95 |
Standard Test Method for the Screening of Sulfides in Waste |
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Volatile/Semivolatile Organics |
ASTM D5830 |
Standard Test Method for Solvents Analysis in Hazardous Waste Using Gas Chromatography |
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Radioactivity |
ASTM D5928-96 |
Standard Test Method for Screening of Waste for Radioactivity |