Environmental Analysis
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AmeriSci maintains fully staffed and equipped laboratories with all necessary infrastructure systems to provide a variety of analytical services on various matrixes including aqueous samples, air samples, soils, sediments, solids and waste materials for organic, inorganic and classical chemistry parameters. Our Certified Environmental Laboratories maintain the following capabilities:
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Chain of Custody
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Capabilities
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Volatile Organics Analysis |
Method |
| Drinking Water |
502.2 |
| Wastewater |
601 or 602 |
| Solid |
8021 B |
| Herbicides |
8151A |
| Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB´s) |
608 or 8082 |
| Pesticides (Chlorinated) |
508 or 608 or 8081 |
ORGANIC BY GC/MS
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Parameter |
Method |
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Volatile Organics |
Volatile Organics
Volatile Organics + Oxygenates
Volatile Organics + 15 Library Search |
624 or 8260B |
| Volatile Organics in Drinking Water |
524.2 |
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Semi-Volatile Organic Analysis |
Acid Extractables (AE)
Acid Extractables +10 Library Search (AE+10)
Base Neutral Extractables (BN)
Base Neutral Extractables (BN+15)
Base Neutrals and Acids (BNA)
Base Neutrals and Acids+25 (BNA+ 25)
Polynuclear Aromatics Hydrocarbons (PAH) |
625 or 8270C |
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON IDENTIFICATIONS
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Parameter |
Method |
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - TPH |
418.1 or 1664 |
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - TPH by GC/FID as Gasoline -GRO |
8015B Modified or MA VPH or CA LUFT |
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - TPH by GC/FID as Diesel -DRO |
8015B Modified or 8100 Modified or MA EPH or CA LUFT |
| Fingerprint by GC FID |
8015B Modified or D3328 |
| Carbon Chain Analysis |
D 2887 |
INDIVIDUAL METALS ANALYSIS
Elemental Analysis by:
Flame and Furnace Atomic Absorption or Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
Analyzed by: SW846 7000 Series, 6010, 200.7 or 200.9 |
Aluminum (Al)
Antimony (Sb)
Arsenic (As)
Barium (Ba)
Beryllium (Be)
Boron (B)
Cadmium (Cd)
Calcium (Ca)
Chromium (Cr)
Cobalt (Co)
Copper (Cu)
Hexavalent Chromium
Aqueous-3500CR-D
Solids-7196A |
Iron (Fe)
Lead (Pb)
Magnesium (Mg)
Manganese (Mn)
Mercury (Hg) by Cold Vapor
Nickel (Ni)
Potassium (K)
Selenium (Se)
Silver (Ag)
Sodium (Na)
Thallium (Ti)
Tin (Sn)
Vanadium (V)
Zinc (Zn) |
METALS ANALYSIS GROUPING
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Heavy Metals |
| 8 Elements - Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn |
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RCRA 8 Metals |
| 8 Elements - Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Se |
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Priority Pollutant Metals |
| 13 Elements - Ag, As, Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Tl, Zn |
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TAL Metals |
| 23 Elements - Ag, Al, As, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Tl, V, Zn |
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TCLP Metals and Extraction |
| 8 Elements - Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Se |
WET CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS
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Parameter |
Method (Solid) |
Method (Aqueous) |
| Acidity |
305.1 MOD |
SM2310B |
| Alkalinity |
310.1 MOD |
SM2320B |
| BOD (5 Day), Total |
| 5210B |
| Carbon, Total Organic (TOC) |
415.1 MOD |
415.1/5310C |
| Chloride |
325.3 MOD |
300.0 |
| Chlorine, Demand |
| SM409A |
| Chlorine, Total Residual |
330.5 MOD |
4500-C1-F |
| COD |
410.4 MOD |
5220D |
| Color |
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2120C |
| Conductivity |
120.1 MOD |
2510B |
Cyanide:
Total Amenable to Chlorination |
9014 |
SW846-7.3.3
4500-CN-C,E
4500-CN-G |
| Flashpoint |
1010 |
ASTM D-93/1010 |
| Fluoride |
340.2 |
300.0 |
| Hardness |
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2430B |
| Ignitability |
40CFR 261.21 |
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| Langlier Index |
| SM203 |
Fecal, Total Coliform
Standard Plate Count |
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9222D,9222B,9215B |
| MBAS (Surfactants) |
| 5540C |
Ammonia, Nitrogen
Nitrate, Nitrogen
Nitrite, Nitrogen
Organic
Total Kjeldahl |
350.2 MOD
SM418C MOD
351.3 MOD |
4500-NH3-F
300.0
4500-N02-B
5310C
417E |
| Oil and Grease |
9071 A |
5520B or 1664 |
| Oxygen Dissolved |
| 4500-0-G |
| Reactive Cyanide, Sulfide |
SW846-7.3.3, .4 |
SW846-7.3.3, .4 |
| Paint Filter Test/Free Liquids |
9095 |
9095 |
| Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
418.1 |
418.1 or 1664 |
| pH |
9045-C |
4500-H-B |
| Phenolics |
9065 |
5530C |
| Orthophosphate, Total Phos. |
365.1 MOD |
300.0, 4500-P-E |
| Total Dissolved Solids, Total Solids, Total Suspended, Total Volatile |
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SM2540C/160.1, B/160.3, D/160.2, G/160.4 |
| Sulfate |
375.4 MOD |
300.0 |
| Sulfide |
9030 |
4500-52-D |
| Sulfite |
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4500-S03B |
| Turbidity |
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180.1 |
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Boston (USA)
1-781-337-9334 |
Los Angles (USA)
1-310-834-4868 |
New York (USA)
1-212-679-8600 |
Richmond (USA)
1-804-763-1200 |
Shanghai (China)
86-21-6426-2517 |
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