Diffusion Results for Rigid Porous Polyethylene Samplers

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1 Diffusion Results for Rigid Porous Polyethylene Samplers

2 Table 1: Metals 21-day Deployment Metals (mg/l)* (mg/l) * (mg/l)* (mg/l) * Antimony Arsenic Barium Beryllium Cadmium Chromium Cobalt Copper Nickel Selenium Silver Thallium Vanadium Zinc ** Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 Table 2: 1,4-Dioxane 28-day Deployment (ug/l)* (ug/l) * (ug/l)* (ug/l) * 1,4-Dioxane ** Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 Wet Chemistry Table 3: Wet Chemistry (ug/l*) Sampler (ug/l) * Perchlorate Chloride Hexavalent Chromium Nitrate Nitrogen Sulfate ** Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 In this study the worked well for volatiles, except for those of low water solubility (see Table 5-6, Columbia Analytical Services, 2005). It is theorized that the less soluble compounds partially sorbed to the polyethylene material. Table 4: Volatile Organic Compounds Volatile Organics Spiked Solubility (g/100 ml) (ug/l)* (ug/l) * Acetone 160 very Benzene Bromodichloromethane

3 Volatile Organics, (continued) Spiked Solubility (g/100 ml) (ug/l) (ug/l) Bromoform Bromomethane Butanone (MEK) Methyl tert-butyl Ether (MTBE) Carbon Disulfide Carbon Tetrachloride Chlorobenzene Chloroethane Chloroform Chloromethane Dibromochloromethane ,1-Dichloroethane ,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) ,1-Dichloroethene cis-1,2-dichloroethene trans-1,2-dichloroethene ,2-Dichloropropane cis-1,3-dichloropropene 81 < trans-1,3-dichloropropene 80 < Ethylbenzene Hexanone Methylene Chloride Methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK) Styrene ,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Toluene ,1,1-Trichloroethane (TCA) ,1,2-Trichloroethane Trichloroethene (TCE) Vinyl Chloride o-xylene m+p-xylenes ** Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 Table 5: Methane, Ethane, Ethene Spiked (ug/l) (ug/l) Methane Ethane Ethene ** Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 3

4 Studies were also performed for semivolatile compounds, this time using 4 L glass carboys. Again sorbing of poorly soluble compounds was evidenced. Table 6: Semivolatile Organics Semivolatiles 7-day Deployment 21-day Deployment (Spiked at 264 ug/l) Sampler N-Nitrosodimethylamine Aniline Bis(2-chloroethyl) Ether Phenol Chlorophenol ,3-Dichlorobenzene ,4-Dichlorobenzene ,2-Dichlorobenzene Benzyl alcohol Bis(2-chloroisopropyl) Ether Methylphenol Hexachloroethane N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine Methylphenol Nitrobenzene Isophorone Nitrophenol ,4-Dimethylphenol Bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane ,4-Dichlorophenol Benzoic acid ,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Naphthalene Chloroaniline Hexachlorobutadiene Chloro-3-methylphenol Methylnaphthalene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene ,4,6-Trichlorophenol ,4,5-Trichlorophenol Chloronaphthalene Nitroaniline Acenaphthylene Dimethyl Phthalate ,6-Dinitrotoluene Acenaphthene Nitroaniline ,4-Dinitrophenol Dibenzofuran Nitrophenol

5 Semivolatiles (continued) 7-day Deployment 21-day Deployment (Spiked at 264 ug/l) 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Fluorene Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether Diethyl Phthalate Nitroaniline Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol N-Nitrosodiphenylamine Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether Hexachlorobenzene Pentachlorophenol Phenanthrene Anthracene Di-n-butyl Phthalate Fluoranthene Pyrene Butyl Benzyl Phthalate ,3'-Dichlorobenzidine Benz(a)anthracene Chrysene Bis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Di-n-octyl Phthalate Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(k)fluoranthene Benzo(a)pyrene Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Benzo(g,h,i)perylene * Sampler concentration/ concentration X 100 Taken from: Various Bench Study Test Results of the Use of RPP Columbia Analytical Services, Inc., Environmental Monitoring and Data Quality Workshop, April 5 7, San Antonio, TX

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Method EPA 1311 TCLP TX 849 10118806 Method EPA 1312 SPLP TX 850 10119003 Method EPA 150.1 ph TX 1900 10008409 Method EPA 160.1 Residue-filterable (TDS) TX 1955 10009208 Method EPA 1664 n-hexane Extractable