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EPA Method 8261:VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY VACUUM DISTILLATION IN COMBINATION WITH GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (VD/GC/MS)
Summary:An aliquot of a liquid, solid, or tissue sample is transferred to a sample flask, which is then attached to the vacuum distillation apparatus. The sample sizes given in the method may be varied, depending on analytical requirements, while using the same calibration curve. The surrogate corrections will compensate for variations in sample size. Reagent water is added to the aliquot of soil, tissue, or oil.
Scope:This method is used to determine the concentrations of volatile organic compounds, and some low-boiling semivolatile organic compounds, in a variety of liquid, solid, and oily waste matrices, as well as animal tissues. This method is applicable to nearly all types of matrices regardless of water, soil, sediment, sludge, oil, and biota content.
Report Number:SW-846