Method Description Sheet

Method EPA Method 602
Title Purgeable Aromatics
Abstract An inert gas is bubbled through a 5 mL water sample contained in a specially-designed purging chamber at ambient temperature. The aromatics are efficiently transferred from the aqueous phase to the vapor phase. The vapor is swept through a sorbent trap where the aromatics are trapped. After purging is completed, the trap is heated and backflushed with the inert gas to desorb the aromatics onto a gas chromatographic column. The gas chromatograph is teniperattire programmed to separate the aromatics which are then detected with a photo. ionization detector 12.31.

Compounds Analyzed :

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CAS #Compound Name
71-43-2Benzene
108-90-7Chlorobenzene
95-50-1 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
541-73-11,3-Dichlorobenzene
106-46-7 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
100-41-4Ethylbenzene
108-88-3Toluene
95-47-6 o-Xylene
108-38-3m-Xylene
106-42-3p-Xylene
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