ANALYTE 



Table 2-1 



Summary of Laboratory Analytical Methods 

 SW-846 TEST METHOD NO. INSTRUMENTATION 



Metals 



Sample Prep 



Analytical 





NED 



Cadmium 



3050 



7130 



AA 





Chromium 



3050 



7190 



AA 





Copper 



3050 



7210 



AA 





Lead 



3050 



7420 



AA 





Mercury 



- 



7471 



CVAA 





Nickel 



3050 



7520 



AA 





Zinc 



3050 



7950 



AA 





BNA 



3550 



8270 



GC/MS 



Chemrox 



Pesticides/PCBs 3540 



8080 



GC/ECD 



NED 



Total Organic 



; Carbon 



9060 





NED 



Instrumentation: 









AA 



Direct Aspiration Atomic Absorption 







CVAA 



Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption 







ECD 



Electron Capture Detector 







GC 



Gas Chromatograph 







MS 



Mass Spectrometer 







Analytes: 











BNA 



Basic, Neutral, < 



md Acidic Semivolatiles 







PCB 



Polychlorinated Biphenyl 







Laboratories: 











NED 



US Army Corps 



of Engineers, New England Division 



Laboratory 



Chemrox 



Chemrox Laboratory Services 







All methods from EPA SW-846 (EPA 1986). 







Chemical Analyses of Sediment Sampling at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site, June 1989 



