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Preparation SW5035A Closed-System Purge-and-Trap and Extraction for Volatile Organics (VOCs) in Soil and Waste Samples, Revision 1 EPA SW-846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, July 2002 Y
Preparation PeriphytonPrepEcy Preparation and Processing of Periphyton Soft Tissue for Taxonomic Identification, and Analysis for Chlorophyll a, Ash Free Dry Weight, Percent Total Solids, Total Organic Carbon, Metals, and Nutrients. Anderson, P.D. and S. Collyard, 2016. EAP SOPXX, V 1.0. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/quality.html Y
Preparation RYDIN2000P-DITH Dithionate Extraction for Fe-Bound Phosphorus Rydin, Emil, Brian Huser and Eugene B. Welch, 2000. Amount of Phosphorus Inactivated by Alum Treatments in Washington Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 226-230 and Psenner, R., et al., 1988. Y
Preparation SIEVE-0.063MM Sieved with 0.063 millimeter screen Y
Preparation SM16-302F Nitric Acid-Perchloric Acid Digestion for Metals Standard Methods 16th ed. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, APHA-AWWA-WPCF, 1985. N Y
Preparation SW3630C Silica Gel Cleanup, Revision 3 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 3, December 1996 Y
Preparation CAS-MET-TISP-FD Freeze-drying for tissue analyses, Columbia Analytical Services Standard Operating Procedure for Tissue Sample Preparation, SOP No. MET-TISP, Columbia Analytical Services, 2007 Y
Preparation SW3550C Ultrasonic Extraction, Nonvolatile and Semivolatile Organics from Solids, Revision 3 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 3, February 2007. Y
Preparation SW5000 Sample Preparation for Volatile Organic Compounds EPA SW-846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Y
Preparation SW3060A Alkaline Digestion for Hexavalent Chromium, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, December 1996. Y
Preparation DECANT Decant Y
Preparation SIEVE-0.075MM Sieved with 0.075 millimeter (75 um) screen Y
Preparation SW9031 Extractable Sulfides, Revision 0. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods., Revision 0, July 1992. Y
Preparation SW3542A Extraction of Semivolatile Analytes Collected Using Method 0010 (Modified Method 5 Sampling Train), Revision 1. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, May 2005. Y
Preparation COMP-TISSUE Composite tissue samples by combining individuals and homogenizing. Y
Preparation ASTM-D3590A-17-PREP Standard Test Methods for Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) in Water, Test Method A (Manual Digestion), Preparation, Version 17 ASTM ASTM International. D3590-17A, June 26, 2017. West Conshohocken, PA. Y
Preparation FILTER.45um-CA Water sample filtered with 0.45 micron (micrometer) cellulose acetate filter (CA) Y FILTER .45um-CA
Preparation AXYS-MLA-075-06-L5 List 5 MLA-075-06 Target Analytes - Acid Extraction and Positive Electrospray Ionization (ESI), Rev 06 AXYS Analytical AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, MLA-075, Rev 06, August 2014, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
Preparation SW3630B Silica Gel Cleanup, Revision 2 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 2, September 1994. Y
Preparation SW3005A Acid Digestion of Waters for Total Recoverable or Dissolved Metals for Analysis by Flame Atomic Absorption (FLAA) or Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectroscopy, Revision 1 U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, July 1992 Y
Preparation SW3051A Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, Soils, and Oils, Revision 1 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, February 2007. Y
Preparation AXYS-MLA-075-06-APOS HM-APOS MLA-075-06 Target Analytes - Acid Extraction and Positive Electrospray Ionization (ESI), Rev 06 AXYS Analytical AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, MLA-075, Rev 06, August 2014, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
Preparation SW3541 Automated Soxhlet Extraction, Revision 0 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 0, September 1994. Y
Preparation SoilTest-OLSEN-S4.10 Estimation of available soil phosphorus Sodium Bicarbonate Method. Western States Methods: Olsen et al. https://www.naptprogram.org/files/napt/publications/method-papers/western-states-methods-manual-2013.pdf N Y
Preparation SW3511A Organic Compounds in Water by Microextraction, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, July 2014. N Y EPA3511A
Preparation UNKNOWN-PREP Unknown preparation method - only for historic data or results where the method can't be determined. Y
Preparation RYDIN2000P-NH4Cl NH4Cl Extraction for Loosely Bound Phosphorus Rydin, Emil, Brian Huser and Eugene B. Welch, 2000. Amount of Phosphorus Inactivated by Alum Treatments in Washington Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 226-230 and Psenner, R., et al., 1988 Y
Preparation Unrinsed Specimen not rinsed prior to analysis. Y
Preparation SW3015A Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, February 2007. Y
Preparation SW3052M Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically Based Matrices, Revision 0, Modified EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 0, December 1996, Modified. Y
Preparation AXYS-XLA-076-M Filtration and XAD-2 Extraction of Large Volume Water Samples, modified (field filtration instead of lab filtration), Rev not specified AXYS Analytical SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, XLA-076-M, Rev not specified, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
Preparation SW8315A-PREP Preparation from Carbonyl Compounds by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Revision 1. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, December 1996. Y SW8315AP
Preparation DRIEDTISSUE Tissue dried prior to analysis. Y
Preservation ETHANOL85 Sample preserved in 85% ethanol-filled container upon collection. Y
Preservation Cool4DegC Sample kept cool from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius Y
Preservation IspAlcohol Isopropyl Alcohol Y
Preservation ETHANOL95 Sample preserved in 95% ethanol-filled container upon collection Y
Preservation Cool10DegC Sample kept cool at 10 degrees Celsius Y
Preservation FORMALIN10% Preserved with 10 percent Formalin (formaldehyde) Y FORM10%
Preservation HgCl-Freeze-4DegC Sample preserved with mercury chloride (HgCl) and frozen at -4 degree Celsius Y
Preservation Freeze-15DegC Frozen at -15 degrees Celsius Y
Preservation Freeze-20DegC Frozen at -20 degrees Celsius Y
Preservation Freeze-18DegC Frozen at -18 degrees Celsius Y
Preservation Freeze-10DegC Frozen at -10 degrees Celsius Y
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