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EPA Method 5031:VOLATILE, NONPURGEABLE, WATER-SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS BY AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION
Summary:An azeotrope is a liquid mixture of two or more substances which behaves like a single substance, in that it boils at a constant temperature and the vapors released have a constant composition. Azeotropic distillation is a technique which uses the ability of selected organic compounds to form binary azeotropes with water to facilitate the separation of the compounds from a complex matrix.
Scope:This method describes a procedure for separation of nonpurgeable, water-soluble, and volatile organic compounds in aqueous samples or leachates from solid matrices using azeotropic distillation.
Report Number:SW-846 Ch 4.2.1