API 4635 : 1996
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COMPILATION OF FIELD ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING PETROLEUM PRODUCT RELEASES
12-12-1996
12-01-1996
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2 DATA QUALITY CLASSIFICATIONS
DATA QUALITY LEVEL 1A
DATA QUALITY LEVEL 1B
DATA QUALITY LEVEL 2
DATA QUALITY LEVEL 3
DATA QUALITY LEVEL 4
3 TOTAL ORGANIC VAPOR DETECTORS AND HEADSPACE
ANALYSIS SUMMARY
METHOD OVERVIEW
Applications and Advantages
INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
Flame Ionization Detectors
Photoionization Detectors
METHOD REQUIREMENTS
Initial Setup
Sampling and Analysis Procedures
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENT
4 FIELD GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
SUMMARY
METHOD OVERVIEW
Application and Advantages
INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
Detectors
Field Gas Chromatographs
METHOD REQUIREMENTS
Comparative Sample Preparation and Analysis
Procedures
Solvent Extraction
Purge-and-Trap Method
Static Headspace Method
Headspace/GC and Soils
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis Using
Field GCs
5 IMMUNOASSAY FIELD TEST KITS
SUMMARY
METHOD OVERVIEW
Application and Advantages
INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
False Positives/False Negatives
Temperature Ranges for Storage and Operation
Calibration Standards
OPERATING PRINCIPLES
METHOD REQUIREMENTS
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
Calibration
Method Blank
Duplicate Field Analyses
Confirmation by Reference Method
Matrix Blanks
6 PORTABLE INFRARED DETECTORS
SUMMARY
METHOD OVERVIEW
Application and Advantages
INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
METHOD REQUIREMENTS
Initial Setup
Sampling and Analysis Procedures
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
DO/REDOX ELECTRODES
SUMMARY
METHOD OVERVIEW
Application and Advantages
INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
REDOX
DO
OPERATING PRINCIPLES
Dissolved Oxygen
REDOX
INSTRUMENTATION
Dissolved Oxygen
REDOX
METHOD REQUIREMENTS
Initial Setup
Sampling Procedures
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
Response Time
Calibration
EMERGING FIELD ANALYTICAL METHODS
FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS
VISIBLE UV FLUORESCENCE AND UV FLUORESCENCE
SPECTROSCOPY
UV ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY
REFERENCES
GLOSSARY
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