Using the Teledyne Tekmar HT3 Headspace Analyzer to Meet the Requirements of the New Korean Standard Method for Water Pollution, ES04602.1, for Bromoform, Vinyl Chloride and Acrylonitrile

The MiniThe Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea recently updated the Korean Standard Method for Water Pollution to include seven new harmful substances to the list of compounds subject of wastewater discharge standards from 35 to 42. One of the methods specified in this update for three of the seven new compounds, bromoform, vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile is ES04602.1 utilizing either static or dynamic headspace with GC/MS.

The Teledyne Tekmar HT3 Headspace Analyzer was used to perform the method for the quantitation of bromoform, vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile in wastewater by both the static and dynamic headspace method.

The method requires the correlation coefficient to be greater than 0.98 for the 3 point calibration curve and the MDL be less than 5 ppb. The Teledyne Tekmar HT3 surpassed these requirements of the Korean Standard Method.

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