API 4635 : 1996

COMPILATION OF FIELD ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING PETROLEUM PRODUCT RELEASES

American Petroleum Institute

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
       BACKGROUND
       PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2 DATA QUALITY CLASSIFICATIONS
       DATA QUALITY LEVEL 1A
       DATA QUALITY LEVEL 1B
       DATA QUALITY LEVEL 2
       DATA QUALITY LEVEL 3
       DATA QUALITY LEVEL 4
3 TOTAL ORGANIC VAPOR DETECTORS AND HEADSPACE
    ANALYSIS SUMMARY
       METHOD OVERVIEW
            Applications and Advantages
       INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
       OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
            Flame Ionization Detectors
            Photoionization Detectors
       METHOD REQUIREMENTS
            Initial Setup
            Sampling and Analysis Procedures
       QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENT
4 FIELD GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
       SUMMARY
       METHOD OVERVIEW
            Application and Advantages
       INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
       OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
            Detectors
            Field Gas Chromatographs
       METHOD REQUIREMENTS
            Comparative Sample Preparation and Analysis
            Procedures
            Solvent Extraction
            Purge-and-Trap Method
            Static Headspace Method
            Headspace/GC and Soils
            Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis Using
            Field GCs
5 IMMUNOASSAY FIELD TEST KITS
       SUMMARY
       METHOD OVERVIEW
            Application and Advantages
       INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
            False Positives/False Negatives
            Temperature Ranges for Storage and Operation
            Calibration Standards
       OPERATING PRINCIPLES
       METHOD REQUIREMENTS
       QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
            Calibration
            Method Blank
            Duplicate Field Analyses
            Confirmation by Reference Method
            Matrix Blanks
6 PORTABLE INFRARED DETECTORS
       SUMMARY
       METHOD OVERVIEW
            Application and Advantages
       INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
       OPERATING PRINCIPLES/INSTRUMENTATION
       METHOD REQUIREMENTS
            Initial Setup
            Sampling and Analysis Procedures
       QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
    DO/REDOX ELECTRODES
       SUMMARY
       METHOD OVERVIEW
            Application and Advantages
       INTERFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
            REDOX
            DO
       OPERATING PRINCIPLES
            Dissolved Oxygen
            REDOX
       INSTRUMENTATION
            Dissolved Oxygen
            REDOX
       METHOD REQUIREMENTS
            Initial Setup
            Sampling Procedures
       QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
            Response Time
            Calibration
EMERGING FIELD ANALYTICAL METHODS
       FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS
       VISIBLE UV FLUORESCENCE AND UV FLUORESCENCE
       SPECTROSCOPY
       UV ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
       GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY
REFERENCES
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Abstract

Describes a compilation of the most widely used field analytical methods available to perform on-site analyses of organic compounds in soil and groundwater. Methods include total organic vapour analysers, field gas chromatography, immunoassay, infrared analysers, and dissolved oxygen/oxidation-reduction potential electrodes.