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Semivolatiles MegaMix®: EPA Method 625 (54 components)
- New MegaMix® mixture includes all target compounds not in our current products.
- Incorporates all phenols, for fast preparation and calibration.
- Incorporates “additional” extractable Method 625 compounds.
US EPA Method 625 is a GC/MS method applicable to analysis of organic compounds in water and soil. The sample is serially extracted with methylene chloride at pH >11, then at pH <2; the extract is dried, concentrated, and analyzed. We have offered numerous mixes for this method: phenols, benzidines, phthalate esters, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated pesticides, isophorone, toxaphene, Aroclor® PCBs. Our Semivolatiles MegaMix® EPA Method 625 combines many of these analytes, including all the phenols, for faster and more convenient preparation. The mixture has been formulated carefully, to ensure maximum stability. For completeness, we also include target compounds listed as additional in Method 625.
Some of the target compounds in Method 625 are subject to thermal or chemical degradation and consequent unpredictable chromatographic performance. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene can decompose at the GC inlet. N-nitrosodimethylamine is difficult to separate from the Method 625 solvent; Method 625 suggests that the analyst follow Method 607 to identify this analyte. Some phenolic compounds in the target list, including chlorinated, methylated, and nitro-substituted phenols, are susceptible to adsorption and/or thermal degradation at the GC inlet. In addition, peak tailing can be a problem with phenols.
We implemented several steps to deal with these problems. We include diphenylamine, rather than N-nitrosodiphenylamine, in the MegaMix® formulation because N-nitrosodiphenylamine decomposes to diphenylamine at the GC inlet.
acenaphthene
acenaphthylene
anthracene
benzo(a)anthracene
benzo(a)pyrene
benzo(b)fluoranthene
benzo(ghi)perylene
benzo(k)fluoranthene
benzyl butyl phthalate
bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane
bis(2-chloroethyl)ether
bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
4-bromophenyl phenyl ether
4-chloro-3-methylphenol
2-chloronaphthalene
2-chlorophenol
4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether
chrysene
dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
1,2-dichlorobenzene
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
2,4-dichlorophenol
diethylphthalate
2,4-dimethylphenol
dimethylphthalate
di-
n-butylphthalate
4,6-dinitro-2-methylphenol
2,4-dinitrophenol
2,4-dinitrotoluene
2,6-dinitrotoluene
di-
n-octylphthalate
diphenylamine*
fluoranthene
fluorene
hexachlorobenzene
hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
hexachlorocyclopentadiene*
hexachloroethane
indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
isophorone
naphthalene
nitrobenzene
2-nitrophenol
4-nitrophenol
N-nitrosodimethylamine*
N-nitroso-di-
n-propylamine
pentachlorophenol
phenanthrene
phenol
pyrene
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
2,4,6-trichlorophenol
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*Listed as an “additional compound” in Method 625 (listed compound N-nitrosodiphenylamine decomposes to MegaMix component diphenylamine). The six other “additional compounds” are components in other Restek reference mixes used for Method 625: benzidine is included in cat.# 31030 (page ); ß-BHC, d-BHC, endosulfan I, endosulfan II, endrin are in cat.# 32291 (page ) and cat.# 32415 (page ).
