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- Title
Two new marine sediment standard reference materials (SRMs) for the determination of organic contaminants.
- Authors
Wise, Stephen A.; Poster, Dianne L.; Schantz, Michele M.; Kucklick, John R.; Sander, Lane C.; Lopez de Alda, Maria; Schubert, Patricia; Parris, Reenie M.; Porter, Barbara J.
- Abstract
Two new marine sediment standard reference materials (SRMs), SRM 1941b Organics in Marine Sediment and SRM 1944 New York/New Jersey Waterway Sediment, have been recently issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the determination of organic contaminants including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and chlorinated pesticides. Both sediment SRMs were analyzed using multiple analytical methods including gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) on columns with different selectivity, reversed-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (for PAHs only), and GC with electron capture detection (for PCBs and pesticides only). SRM 1941b has certified concentrations for 24 PAHs, 29 PCB congeners, and 7 pesticides, and SRM 1944 has certified concentrations for 24 PAHs, 29 PCB congeners, and 4 pesticides. Reference concentrations are also provided for an additional 58 (SRM 1941b) and 39 (SRM 1944) PAHs, PCB congeners, and pesticides. SRM 1944, which was collected from multiple sites within New York/New Jersey coastal waterways, has contaminant concentrations that are generally a factor of 10–20 greater than SRM 1941b, which was collected in the Baltimore (Maryland) harbor. These two SRMs represent the most extensively characterized marine sediment certified reference materials available for the determination of organic contaminants.
- Subjects
MARINE sediments; POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC aromatic compounds; REFERENCE sources; CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis; MASS spectrometry
- Publication
Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2004, Vol 378, Issue 5, p1251
- ISSN
1618-2642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00216-003-2431-y