Compilation of Methodology for Measuring Pollution Parameters of Landfill Leachate

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air, Land, and Water Use, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, 1975 - Analytical chemistry - 164 pages
 

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Page ii - This report has been reviewed by the US Environmental Protection Agency and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
Page iii - FOREWORD Man and his environment must be protected from the adverse effects of pesticides, radiation, noise and other forms of pollution, and the unwise management of solid waste. Efforts to protect the environment require a focus that recognizes the interplay between the components of our physical environment -- air, water, and land. The...
Page 12 - ... each solution is determined and then plotted on the vertical axis of a graph, with the concentrations of the known standards plotted on the horizontal axis. When the resulting line is extrapolated back to zero absorbance, the point of interception of the abscissa is the concentration of the unknown. The abscissa on the left of the ordinate is scaled the same as on the right side, but in the opposite direction from the ordinate. An example of a plot so obtained is shown in Fig. 1 . 10.5.2 The...
Page 12 - In this method, equal volumes of sample are added to a deionized distilled water blank and to three standards containing different known amounts of the test element. The volume of the blank and the standards must be the same. The absorbance of each solution is determined and then plotted on the vertical axis of a graph, with the concentrations of the known standards plotted on the horizontal axis. When the resulting line is extrapolated back to zero absorbance, the point of interception of the abscissa...
Page 62 - Filter the barium sulfate at room temperature. Wash the precipitate with several small portions of warm distilled water until the washings are free of chloride, as indicated by testing with silver nitrate-nitric acid solution.
Page 106 - Wash down the beaker walls and wash glass with distilled water and filter the sample to remove silicates and other insoluble material that could clog the atomizer. Adjust the volume to some predetermined value based on the expected metal concentration. The sample is now ready for analysis.
Page 106 - Cover the beaker with a watch glass and return to the hot plate. Increase the temperature of the hot plate so that a gentle reflux action occurs. Continue heating, adding additional acid as necessary, until the digestion is complete (generally indicated by a light colored residue) . Add sufficient distilled l:l HCl and again warm the beaker to dissolve the residue.

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