Metals Analysis

ICP ANALYSIS
Metals can be analyzed individually or as a group.

PARAMETER

METHOD

METHOD
DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING
TIME

Aluminum

Antimony

Arsenic

Barium

Beryllium

Boron

Cadmium

Calcium

Chromium

Cobalt

Copper

Iron

Lead

Lithium

Magnesium

Manganese

Molybdenum

Nickel

Niobium

Phosphorous

Potassium

Selenium

Silica

Silver

Sodium

Strontium

Tantalum

Thallium

Tin

Titanium

Vanadium

Zinc

EPA 200.7

Or

SW 846 6010B

 Inductively Coupled Plasma

W

WW

S

SW

TCLP

500 ml

500 ml

10 g

10 g

500ml/100g

P,G

P,G

P,G

P,G

P,G

HNO3 to pH< 2

HNO3 to pH< 2

NA

NA

NA

6 months

6 months

6 months

6 months

6 months

MERCURY ANALYSIS
Metals can be analyzed individually or as a group.

PARAMETER

METHOD

METHOD
DESCRIPTION

MATRIX

VOLUME REQUIRED

CONTAINER

PRESERVATIVE

HOLDING
TIME

Mercury

SW846 7470A

EPA 245.1

SW846 7471A

SW846 7470A

Cold Vapor

W

500 ml

P,G

HNO3 to pH< 2

6 months
Cold Vapor WW 500 ml P,G HNO3 to pH< 2 6 months
Cold Vapor S 10 g P,G NA 6 months
Cold Vapor SW 10 g P,G NA 6 months
Cold Vapor TCLP 500ml/100g P,G HNO3 to pH< 2 6 months

PRIORITY POLLUTANT

Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Thallium and Zinc

 

RCRA & TCLP

Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Selenium and Silver

 

TARGET ANALYTE LIST

Cyanide, Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Nickel, Potassium, Selenium, Silver, Sodium, Thallium, Vanadium and Zinc