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Validated Test Method 9016: Free Cyanide in Water, Soils and Solid Wastes by Microdiffusion

The following document provides information on the method for determination of free cyanide in waste waters, ground waters, surface waters, drinking waters, soils and solid wastes.

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Validated Test Method 9016: Free Cyanide in Water, Soils and Solid Wastes by Microdiffusion (PDF)(30 pp, 604 K, June 2010)