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Analyte Method Reference
% Solids (Dry weight) Dried at 105 C (Method 2540B) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1992. 18th Edition, American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005.
% Volatile Solids Ashed at 550 C (Method 2540G) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1992. 18th Edition, American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005.
Total Cd, Cr, Ni, Mo, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe, Al, Mn, Ca, Mg, Na,K, Ba, Be, P EPA Method 3050/3051 + 6010 USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IA: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va.
As EPA Method 3050/3051 + 6010 USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IA: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va.
Se EPA Method 3050/3051 + 6010 USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IA: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va.
Hg

EPA Method 7470 / EPA Method 7471/

EPA Method 7473

USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IA: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va.
CN EPA Section 7.3.3.2 + 9010 USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IC: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va.
PCB EPA Method 8082 USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. Volume IB: 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va. Revision 0.
Total N Kjeldahl Isaac, R.A. and W.C. Johnson. 1976. Determination of total nitrogen in plant tissue using a block digestor. J. AOAC. 59: 98-100.
Total N Combustion (Adapted from AOAC 990.3) Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Inc. Arlington, VA 22201.
Ammonium N Specific Ion Electrode (Method 4500-NH3) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1992. 18th Edition, American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005.
Nitrate N Ion chromatography (Method 4110 B) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1992. 18th Edition, American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005.
Total C Combustion- Fisons NA1500 Elemental Analyzer Pella, E. 1990. Elemental organic analysis. Part 1. Am. Lab 22: 116-125
pH Electrometric
Method 4500-H+

EPA Method 9045C

 

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1992. 18th Edition, American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005.

USEPA. 1986. Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste. 3rd Edition. EPA/SW-846. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, Va. 

Calcium Carbonate Equivalency (CCE) ASTM Method C 25 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Limestone, Quicklime, and Hydrated Lime, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA

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