DIN Standards Committee Water Practice
DIN 38407-41
German standard methods for the examination of water, waste water and sludge - Jointly determinable substances (group F) - Part 41: Determination of selected easily volatile organic compounds in water - Method using gas chromatography (GC-MS) after headspace solid-phase micro extraction (HS-SPME) (F 41)
Deutsche Einheitsverfahren zur Wasser-, Abwasser- und Schlammuntersuchung - Gemeinsam erfassbare Stoffgruppen (Gruppe F) - Teil 41: Bestimmung ausgewählter leichtflüchtiger organischer Verbindungen in Wasser - Verfahren mittels Gaschromatographie und Massenspektrometrie (GC-MS) nach Headspace-Festphasenmikroextraktion (HS-SPME) (F 41)
Overview
This standard specifies a method for determination of 25 selected volatile compounds, such as halogenated hydrocarbons (HH), including trihalogenemethane (THM) and fuel contents (BTEX, MTBE and ETBE). The method enables the determination of these substances in drinking, ground and surface water using gas chromatography and mass spectrometric detection (GS-MS) after headspace solid-phase micro extraction (HS-SPME). Depending on the matrix, a working range above 0,01 µl can be assumed. The determinations are performed with small sample volumes (such as 10 ml). This document has been prepared by Working Group NA 119-01-03-02-05 AK "Pflanzenbehandlungsmittel und leichtflüchtige Verbindungen, SPME-GC-Verfahren" ("Plant treatment agents and volatile compounds, HS-SPME methods") of NA 119-01-03 AA "Wasseruntersuchung" ("Water analysis") of the Water Practice Standards Committee (NAW) which have been funded by the Länderfinanzierungsprogramm "Wasser, Boden und Abfall" (federal funding programme "Water, soil and waste").
