Description
This updated and expanded Second Edition of Dr. Erickson's Analytical Chemistry of PCBs appears a decade after the first and is completely revised and updated. The changes from the First Edition reflect the significant growth in the area and a growing appreciation of the importance of PCB analysis to our culture. This book is a comprehensive review of the analytical chemistry of PCBs. It is part history, part annotated bibliography, part comparison, and part guidance. Featuring a new chapter on analyst/customer interactions and several new appendices, the Second Edition is an invaluable resource for both chemists with no experience in PCB analysis and seasoned PCB researchers.
All topics have been more thoroughly treated and updated in this new edition to reflect advances made in the last decade, especially:
Table of Contents
LIST OF FIGURES. PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INTRODUCTION. PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, COMMERCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES. Introduction. PCB Nomenclature. Physical Properties. Synthesis and Standards. Production and Use. Environmental Occurrence. Environmental Transport and Fate. Destruction, Degradation, and Metabolism. Toxicology. Occupational Exposure and Its Effects. ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES. ANSI and ASTM Procedures. EPA Procedure for Oils. EPA Procedure for Spills and Incinerators. Procedures for Food. Procedures for By-Product Analysis. SAMPLE COLLECTION AND STORAGE. Water. Air. Natural Gas in Pipelines. Solids. Surfaces. Oil, Dielectric Fluids, Etc. EXTRACTION. General Considerations. Water. Sewage and Sludge. Sediment and Soil. Air. Blood. Animal and Plant Tissues. Paper Products. Oils. Ancillary Considerations. CLEANUP. Adsorbent Column Chromatography. High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Thin-Layer Chromatography. Adsorbent Slurry Techniques. Gel Permeation Chromatography. Liquid-Liquid Partitioning. Chemical Degradation. Cleanup of Oil Samples. Sulfur Removal. Criteria for Choice of a Cleanup Technique. Validation of Cleanup Techniques. DETERMINATION. Criteria for Choice of Techniques. Gas Chromatography. Thin-Layer Chromatography. High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Nonchromatographic Methods. Confirmation. Screening. Summary. DATA REDUCTION. Qualitative. Quantitative. Data Reporting. QUALITY ASSURANCE. General Considerations. Special Considerations in PCB Analyses. Previous QC Measures. Recommended QA/QC Measures. COLLABORATIVE STUDIES. Wildlife. Chicken Fat and Fish. Paperboard. Marine Sediments. Quantitation Techniques and Milk. Paper Mill Effluent. Wet Lake Sediment. Naturally Contaminated Dry Sediments. Ambient Air. Dry Pigments. Insulating Oils. By-Products from Industrial Processes. By-Products in a Chlorinated Aromatic Waste. Herring. Bovine Serum. Lubricating Oils. BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOMENCLATURE AND PHYSICAL CONSTANTS OF POLYCHLORINATED
