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Conventional Inorganic Analyzes
Category
Methods
Min. Qty.
Recommended Containers
Required Preservaton
Holding Time
-Aqueous Samples          
Alkalinity
310.1-2
100 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Cool to 4° C
14 Days
Bromide
300.0
100 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
None
28 Days
Chloride
300.0
50 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
None
28 Days
Chlorine, Total Residual
300.0
200 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
None
Analyze Immediately
Cyanides
335.1-3
500 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Remove Sulfied NaOH to pH >12, Cool to 4° C
14 Days
Fluoride
300.0
100 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
None
28 Days
Ammonia
350.1-3
400 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2
28 Days
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
351.1-4
500 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2, Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Nitrate
300.0
100 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Cool to 4° C
48 Hours
Nitrite
300.0
50 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Cool to 4° C
48 Hours
Orthophosphate
365.1-3
50 mL
Glass Bottle Only
Filter (0.45 um), Cool to 4° C
48 Hours
Oxygen, Dissolved
360.1
300 mL
Glass Bottle Only
None
Analyze Immediately
Phosphorus, Total
365.1-4
50 mL
Glass Bottle Only
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2, Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Silica
370.1
50 mL
Plastic Bottle Only
Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Sulfate
300.0
50 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Sulfide
376.1-2
500 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle, 2 mL Zinc Acetate, Cool to 4° C
NaOH to pH >12
7 Days
Sulfite
377.1
50 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle None
None
Analyze Immediately

 

Conventional Organic Analyzes
Category
Methods
Min. Qty.
Recommended Containers
Required Preservaton
Holding Time
-Aqueous Samples          
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 Day BOD)
405.1
1 L
Plastic or Glass Bottles
Cool to 4° C
48 Hours
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
410.1-4
50 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2, Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Organic Carbon Total (TOC)
415.1
25 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2, Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Phenolics
420.1-3
500 mL
Glass Bottle Only
Sulfuric Acid to pH <2, Cool to 4° C
28 Days
Surfactants (MBAS)
425.1
250 mL
Plastic or Glass Bottle
Cool to 4° C
48 Hours
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