Table of Contents

IntroductionOverview of PCB Properties, Uses, and OccurrenceRegulatory HistoryAnalytical Chemistry of PCBsPhysical, Chemical, Commercial, Environmental, and Biological PropertiesIntroductionPCB NomenclaturePhysical PropertiesSynthesis and StandardsProduction and UseEnvironmental OccurrenceEnvironmental Transport and FateDestruction, Degradation, and MetabolismToxicologyOccupational Exposure and Its EffectsAnalytical ProceduresU.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ProceduresANSI and ASTM ProceduresProcedures for Food and FishProcedures for Byproduct AnalysisFuture NeedsSample Collection and StorageSampling DesignWaterAirNatural Gas in PipelinesSoils and SedimentsOther SolidsSurfacesOil, Dielectric Fluids, Etc.Biological SamplesExtractionGeneral ConsiderationsWaterSewage and SludgeSediment and SoilAirBloodAnimal and Plant TissuesPaper ProductsOilsWipes and Other Bulk SamplesAncillary ConsiderationsCleanupAdsorbent Column ChromatographyHigh Performance Liquid ChromatographyThin-Layer ChromatographyAdsorbent Slurry TechniquesGel Permeation ChromatographyLiquid-Liquid PartitioningChemical DegradationCleanup and Oil SamplesSulfur RemovalComparison of Cleanup TechniquesCriteria for Choice of a Cleanup TechniqueValidation of Cleanup TechniquesFuture NeedsDeterminationCriteria for Choice of TechniquesGas ChromatographyThin-Layer ChromatographyHigh Performance Liquid ChromatographySupercritical Fluid ChromatographyNonchromatographic MethodsConfirmationField AnalysesScreeningSummaryData ReductionQualitativeQuantitativeData ReportingPotential Improvements in Data ReductionQuality AssuranceGeneral ConsiderationsSpecial Considerations in PCB AnalysesPrevious QC MeasuresRecomme

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"...contains an enormous wealth of information and is an extremely comprehensive reference book...really has everything: extraction; cleanup; determination; QC; etc., for determining PCBs in a wide variety of matrices."-D.J. Roberts, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol