Applications

EPA Method 8260B – Volatile Organic Compounds By Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Analyzer Description

Configuration:
1-capillary column, MSD, Tekmar Purge & Trap, Tekmar AquaTek 100 Auto-sampler
Sample type:
Air, water, aqueous sludges, caustic liquors, acid liquors, waste solvents, oily wastes, mousses, tars, fibrous wastes, polymeric emulsions, filter cakes, spent carbons, spent catalysts, soils, sediments
Compounds Separated:
  • Acetone
  • Acetonitrile
  • Acrolein (propenal)
  • Acrylonitrile
  • Allyl alcohol
  • Allyl chloride
  • Benzene
  • Benzyl chloride
  • Bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide
  • Bromoacetone
  • Bromochloromethane
  • Bromodichloromethane
  • 4-Bromofluorobenzene
  • Bromoform
  • Bromomethane
  • n-Butanol
  • 2-Butanone (MEK)
  • t-Butyl alcohol
  • Carbon disulfide
  • Carbon tetrachloride
  • Chloral hydrate
  • Chlorobenzene
  • Chlorobenzene-d
  • Chlorodibromomethane
  • Chloroethane
  • 2-Chloroethanol
  • 2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether
  • Chloroform
  • Chloromethane
  • Chloroprene
  • 3-Chloropropionitrile
  • Crotonaldehyde
  • 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
  • 1,2-Dibromoethane
  • Dibromomethane
  • 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
  • 1,3-Dichlorobenzene
  • 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
  • 1,4-Dichlorobenzene-d
  • cis-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
  • trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
  • Dichlorodifluoromethane
  • 1,1-Dichloroethane
  • 1,2-Dichloroethane
  • 1,2-Dichloroethane-d
  • 1,1-Dichloroethene
  • trans-1,2-Dichloroethene
  • 1,2-Dichloropropane
  • 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol
  • cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
  • trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
  • 1,2,3,4-Diepoxybutane
  • Diethyl ether
  • 1,4-Difluorobenzene
  • 1,4-Dioxane
  • Epichlorohydrin
  • Ethanol
  • Ethyl acetate
  • Ethylbenzene
  • Ethylene oxide
  • Ethyl methacrylate
  • Fluorobenzene
  • Hexachlorobutadiene
  • Hexachloroethane
  • 2-Hexanone
  • 2-Hydroxypropionitrile
  • Iodomethane
  • Isobutyl alcohol
  • Isopropylbenzene
  • Malononitrile
  • Methacrylonitrile
  • Methanol
  • Methylene chloride
  • Methyl methacrylate
  • 4-Methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK)
  • Naphthalene
  • Nitrobenzene
  • 2-Nitropropane
  • N-Nitroso-di-n-butylamine
  • Paraldehyde
  • Pentachloroethane
  • 2-Pentanone
  • 2-Picoline
  • 1-Propanol
  • 2-Propanol
  • Propargyl alcohol
  • beta-Propiolactone
  • Propionitrile (ethyl cyanide)
  • n-Propylamine
  • Pyridine
  • 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
  • 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
  • Tetrachloroethene
  • Toluene
  • Toluene-d
  • o-Toluidine
  • 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
  • 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
  • 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
  • Trichloroethene
  • Trichlorofluoromethane
  • 1,2,3-Trichloropropane
  • Vinyl acetate
  • Vinyl chloride
  • o-Xylene/Styrene composite
  • m/p-Xylene composite
Lower detection limits:
5.0 ppb for soils, sediments, water and air
0.5 ppm for wastes
Methods met:
EPA 8260B, Wasson-ECE W2479

Typical Chromatogram

FID Chromatogram

Key Features and Benefits

  • High throughput auto-sampler.