March 16, 2022

EPA Method 524 Series for VOC Drinking Water Analysis

21 minutes

In this podcast we have invited Tom Hartlein to join us to share and explain his experience with EPA Method 524 for VOC Drinking Water analysis and Purge and Trap. Tom is currently the VOC Technical product manager at Tekmar and has over 30 years experience with this technology.

Some topics that will be discussed:

History behind EPA Method 524 and why it was developed.

Challenges within drinking water method 524

Troublesome compounds within Method 524 series and how to optimize purge and trap conditions to yield better recovery

Differences between EPA Methods 524.2, 524.3 and 524.4

For additional information on Purge and Trap and how and why compounds are concentrated. click here

To see application notes relating to EPA Method 524, click here

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