DIN Standards Committee Water Practice
DIN 38407-43
German standard methods for the examination of water, waste water and sludge - Jointly determinable substances (group F) - Part 43: Determination of selected easily volatile organic compounds in water - Method using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry by static headspace technique (HS-GC-MS) (F 43)
Deutsche Einheitsverfahren zur Wasser-, Abwasser- und Schlammuntersuchung - Gemeinsam erfassbare Stoffgruppen (Gruppe F) - Teil 43: Bestimmung ausgewählter leichtflüchtiger organischer Verbindungen in Wasser - Verfahren mittels Gaschromatographie und Massenspektrometrie nach statischer Headspacetechnik (HS-GC-MS) (F 43)
Overview
This standard specifies a method for the determination of selected easily volatile organic compounds in water. This includes, for example, highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons (HVHH) and petrol ingredients (BTXE, TAME, MTBE and ETBE). The method is applicable for the determination of highly volatile organic compounds (dichloromethane; trichloromethane (chloroform); 1,1,1-trichloroethane; tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride); trichloroethene; 1,1,2-trichloroethane; tetrachloroethene; 1,1-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethene; 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,2-dichloropropane; 2,3-dichloropropene; hexachloroethane; 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane; chloroprene, (2-chloro-1,3 butadiene); hexachlorobutadiene; 1,2-dibromoethane; 1,2-dichlorobenzene; 1,3-dichlorobenzene; 1,4-dichlorobenzene; 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene; 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene; vinyl chloride; allyl chloride; cis-1,2-dichloroethene; trans-1,2-dichloroethene; cis-1,3-dichloropropene; trans-1,3-dichloropropene; benzene; toluene; ethyl benzene; o-xylene; m-xylene; p-xylene; vinyl benzene (styrene); chlorobenzene; 2-chlorotoluene; 3-chlorotoluene; 4-chlorotoluene; isopropylbenzene (Cumene); n-propylbenzene; methyl-tert-butylether (MTBE); ethyl-tert-butylether (ETBE); 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane; 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene; bromodichloromethane; tribromomethane; dibromochloromethane; naphthalene; dichlorodiisopropylether; biphenyl; 1,1-dimethylpropyl-methylether, tert-amylmethylether (TAME)) in in drinking, ground and surface water in mass concentrations exceeding 0,1 µg/l. The lower range of application depends on the individual compound, the blank value and the matrix. The committee responsible is Working Group NA 119-01-03-02-01 AK "Leichtflüchtige Verbindungen" ("Easily volatile compounds") of Working Committee NA 119-01-03 AA "Wasseruntersuchung" ("Water examination") at the Water Practice Standards Committee (NAW) supported by the federal funding programme "Water, soil and waste".
