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Chapter Eight of the SW-846 Compendium: Methods for Determining Hazardous Waste Characteristics

This chapter addresses procedures for required method-defined parameters, where the analytical result is wholly dependent on the process used to make the measurement. Methods for determining the characteristics of ignitability for liquids, corrosivity for liquids, and toxicity are included.

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Chapter 8: Methods for Determining Characteristics (PDF)(4 pp, 87 K)