SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1983
STP33545S

Rapid GC/MS Identification of Hazardous Organic Compounds in Complex Extracts

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An analytical laboratory scheme has been designed specifically to support the rapid and cost effective characterization of complex hazardous waste materials. Rapid analysis includes “compatibility” testing of the gross characteristics of the material, identification and quantitation of metals, and the identification and semi-quantitation of organic compounds in water, soil, sludge, and organic matrixes. Organic compounds can be screened by gas chromatography and characterized by halogen or nonhalogen content. The former includes poly(chlorinated biphenyls) (PCBs), which are quantitated using a novel basic computer program. Other halogenated compounds are identified using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with the aid of a halogen isotope cluster survey program. Nonhalogenated compounds are identified by fingerprint chromatograms or searching the GC/MS spectral library.

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Dymerski, PP
Analytics Laboratory Inc., Richmond, VA
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Developed by Committee: D34
Pages: 181–192
DOI: 10.1520/STP33545S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4872-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0246-0