API 4750 : 2008

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
 Properties of Cyanides and Related Chemicals
  Cyanide
  Related Chemicals
 Petroleum Industry Sources
Chapter 2: Water Quality Criteria
 EPA Water Quality Criteria
  Fresh Water Criteria
  Marine Water Criteria
 State Water Quality Standards
  States Using EPA Criteria
  States With Criteria Different from EPA's
  Summary of State Cyanide Criteria
Chapter 3: Cyanide in Refinery Wastewaters
 Sources
 Chemical composition
 Summary
Chapter 4: Cyanide in non-Petroleum Wastewaters
 Industrial Discharges
 POTW Discharges
Chapter 5: Analytical Methods
 Description of Methods for Cyanide Analysis
  Total CN
  Simple CN
  Detection Methods
  Related Compounds
 Method Performance
  Detection and Quantitation Limits
  Precision and Recovery
  Interferences
  Preliminary Treatment of Samples
Chapter 6: Summary
References

Abstract

Gives guidance on the measurement, as well as the presence and environmental fate, of cyanide compounds and related chemical species in petroleum industry wastewater effluents.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
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