Volatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) (EPA 8620 Method B)

The EPA 8620 B method, developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), describes a test method for the determination of volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The full name of the method is: SW-846 test method 8620B Volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GC/MS).

The method is used to determine volatile organic compounds in various solid waste matrices. This method is suitable for a variety of air sampling containment media, including ground and surface waters, sludges, caustic liquids, waste solvents, oily wastes, foams, tars, fibrous wastes, polymeric emulsions, filter cakes, spent carbons, spent catalysts, soils and sediments. It can be applied to almost all sample types regardless of water content.

A list of compounds that can be identified by this method is included in the standard. There are other techniques by which these compounds can be incorporated into the GC/MS system. For example 5030 method (aqueous samples) and 5035 method (solid and waste oil samples) are the most widely used techniques.

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