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Main Title Interpretation of Low Resolution Mass Spectra for Level 1 Analysis of Environmental Mixtures.
Author Stauffer, James L. ;
CORP Author Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-68-02-3111; EPA-600/7-82-033;
Stock Number PB82-232455
Additional Subjects Mass spectroscopy ; Environmental surveys ; Chemical analysis ; Mixtures ; Assessments ; Sampling ; Air pollution ; Water pollution ; Guidelines ; Low resolution mass spectroscopy ; Solid wastes
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NTIS  PB82-232455 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 161p
Abstract
The report gives guidelines for interpreting the low resolution mass spectra (LRMS) of complex chemical mixtures, within the context of the EPA Level 1 Environmental Assessment Program. It discusses the principles underlying direct mass spectrometric analysis of complex mixtures, the techniques for optimizing the analysis run, and the interpretation and evaluation of the results. A chapter gives some interpretive aids for LRMS analysis of environmental mixtures. The guidelines are illustrated by a step-by-step detailed analysis of the mass spectra of four representative examples. The final chapter gives direction for reporting the results in the EPA Level 1 LRMS format. These guidelines supplement the overall description of Level 1 analysis methods given in the IERL-RTP Procedures Manual: Level 1 Environmental Assessment (second edition), EPA-600/7-78-201 (NTIS PB 293795).