Analytical procedures for the determination of polychlorinated-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and hexachlorobenzene in pentachlorophenol.

A method for the determination of all polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) contained in production batches of pentachlorophenol (PCP) samples is presented. The method uses two sub-samples of the PCP sample to provide an effective dynamic range of 1:40,000,000. Following extraction of the samples and fractionation of the sample extracts, the extracts are analyzed by HRGC/HRMS, and the resulting data from both sub-samples are combined to generate the final data for each sample.

Gas-liquid chromatographic determination of chlorinated benzenes and phenols in selected biological matrices.

The determination of higher chlorinated benzenes and chlorinated phenols at parts per billion or parts per million levels in biological samples is described. The method includes sulfuric acid digestion, silica gel column chromatography, methylation, alumina column chromatography, and detection by electron capture gas chromatography. Recoveries are reported for fish flesh, rabbit tissues, and duck tissues with detection limits of 10--15 ppb (nb/g tissue).