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Inorganic Analytical Service Target Analytes

ANALYTE CAS No. ISM02.4 CONTRACT REQUIRED QUANTITATION LIMITS
ICP-AES
Water (ug/L)
ICP-AES
Soil (mg/kg)
ICP-AES
Wipes (ug)
ICP-AES
TCLP (mg/L)
ICP-MS
Water (ug/L)
ICP-MS
Soil (mg/kg)
Aluminum 7429-90-5 200 20 20 -- 20 --
Antimony 7440-36-0 60 6 6 -- 2 1
Arsenic 7440-38-2 10 1 1 5 1 0.5
Barium 7440-39-3 200 20 20 100 10 5
Beryllium 7440-41-7 5 0.5 0.5 -- 1 0.5
Cadmium 7440-43-9 5 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5
Calcium 7440-70-2 5000 500 500 -- 500 --
Chromium 7440-47-3 10 1 1 5 2 1
Cobalt 7440-48-4 50 5 5 -- 1 0.5
Copper 7440-50-8 25 2.5 2.5 -- 2 1
Iron 7439-89-6 100 10 10 -- 200 --
Lead 7439-92-1 10 1 1 5 1 0.5
Magnesium 7439-95-4 5000 500 500 -- 500 --
Manganese 7439-96-5 15 1.5 1.5 -- 1 0.5
Nickel 7440-02-0 40 4 4 -- 1 0.5
Potassium 7440-09-7 5000 500 500 -- 500 --
Selenium 7782-49-2 35 3.5 3.5 1 5 2.5
Silver 7440-22-4 10 1 1 5 1 0.5
Sodium 7440-23-5 5000 500 500 -- 500 --
Thallium 7440-28-0 25 2.5 2.5 -- 1 0.5
Vanadium 7440-62-2 50 5 5 -- 5 2.5
Zinc 7440-66-6 60 6 6 -- 2 1
               
Hardness
(total)
Hardness 33 -- -- -- -- --
 
Additional Analytes CAS No. Water
(ug/L)
Soil
(mg/kg)
TCLP
(mg/L)
Mercury by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption (CVAA) 7439-97-6 0.2 0.1 0.2
Cyanide by Spectrophotometry 57-12-5 10 0.5 --