A water sample is heated. The volatile compounds are injected from the head-space, trapped on a cold-trap and by thermal desorption transferred to the analytical column. The volatile compounds are gaschromatically separated and detected by a mass selective detector. |
Matrices qualified by the Dutch RvA: | Drinking water, Groundwater, Surface water, Swimmingpool water |
Reporting limit: | 0.05 - 0.1 μg/l, parameter and matrix dependent |
Measurement uncertainty: | 35% |
Sustainability: | 7 days
, if conserved with H2SO4
|
Sampling bottle: | Glass
, brown
, 200 ml
, conservation with H2SO4
(fill up to cap)
|
(RL = 0.05 μg/l) | trichloromethane (chloroform); tetrachloromethane; bromochloromethane; bromodichloromethane; dibromochloromethane; tribromomethane (bromoform); 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1,1-trichloroethane; 1,1,2-trichloroethane; 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane; trichloroethene (tri); tetrachloroethene (per); hexachloroethane; hexachlorobutadiene; 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane; 1,2-dibromoethane; 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane; 1-bromo-3-chloropropane; dibromomethane |
(RL = 0.1 μg/l) | bromotrichloromethane; 1-chloropentane |