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SW-846 Test Method 8275A: Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Soil/Sludges and Solid Wastes Using Thermal Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TE/GC/MS)

The following document describes the thermal extraction capillary (TE/GC/MS) procedure for the rapid quantitative determination of targeted polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils, sludges and solid wastes.

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Method 8275A: Semivolatile Organic Compounds (PAHs and PCBs) in Soil/Sludges and Solid Wastes Using Thermal Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TE/GC/MS), part of Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods (PDF)(23 pp, 148 K, December 1996)