Published:Journal of Chromatographic Science,
ISSN 0021-9665Volume
41, Number 2, February 2003, pp. 73-79
The USACHPPM Gas Chromatographic Procedures for the Analysis
of Waters and Soils for Energetics and Related Compounds
Richard W. Bishop, Michael A. Hable*, Curtis G. Oliver, and
Robert J. Valis
USACHPPM, APG-EA, MD 21010-5422 (Building E2100)
The procedures currently used by the U.S. Army Center for Health
Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) for the analysis of energetics
and related compounds in water and soils are presented. These procedures are
based on the use of isoamyl acetate to extract the analytes of interest from
their environmental matrices with subsequent analysis using gas chromatography
with electron capture detection. The suite of compounds included are those
that have been of environmental significance for years (such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene,
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, and dinitrotoluenes) and are the subject
of several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SW-846 methods. The procedures
presented in this study are the product of years of development and refinement
of methods used for the analysis of many real-world samples by the USACHPPM
explosives analysis laboratory. The development, performance, advantages, and
details of these procedures are described. The extension of these methods to
the analysis of other media is also briefly discussed.
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