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METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF EXTRACTABLE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (EPH) Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Analysis (Senator William X. Wall Experiment Station) Office of Research and Standards Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Ellen Roy Herzfelder Secretary Department of Environmental Protection Robert W. Golledge Commissioner May 2004 Revision METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF EXTRACTABLE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (EPH) TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Topic Page Scope & Application 1 Summary of METHOD 3 Definitions 4 Interferences 7 Health and Safety Issues 8 Apparatus and Materials 8 Reagents and Standards 9 Sample Collection, Preservation, and Handling 11 Sample Analysis of EXTRACTABLE Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) 13 Overview of Sample Extraction Procedures 13 Silica Gel Cleanup and Fractionation 16 Final Sample Extract Concentration 17 DETERMINATION of Percent (%) Moisture 18 Analytical Conditions 18 Retention Time Windows 18 Calibration 19 GC Analysis 21 Calculations 23 DETERMINATION of Target PAH Analytes and EPH Aliphatic and Aromatic Range Concentrations by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
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