Testing and Analysis
 ALSI has the capacity to analyze a variety
of matrices including drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, sludge,
solid waste, air and soil gas using methodologies and instrumentation
approved for specific regulatory requirements. Our specialty
laboratories include: gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy, gas
chromatography, inorganic metals, water quality-wet chemistry,
microbiology, and biomonitoring.
Methodologies
The
sources of analytical procedures include but are not limited to
Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes (EPA 600/4-79-020),
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (APHA) and
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste-Physical/Chemical Methods (EPA
SW-846). A set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) is available for
each of the laboratory areas. These SOPs are comprised of clear,
complete written instructions for completing each standard test
performed by ALSI.
Instrumentation
Up-to-date
instrumentation is essential in accomplishing the required
scope of work for each method performed at ALSI. ALSI is dedicated to
purchasing and maintaining state-of-the-art instrumentation and support
equipment for the various laboratories. A summary of the types of tests
and instrumentation available to our clients is listed below. If you
have any questions on a specific method or a test that is not listed,
please contact your project coordinator or
sales representative.
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy
Types of Tests
- Priority Pollutants
- Target Compound List
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Semivolatiles (Acid Extractables/Base
Neutrals)
- Total Toxic Organics (Volatile and
Semivolatile)
- Library Search (Tentatively Identified
Compounds)
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Instrumentation
- Hewlett Packard Chem Server 4920 Organic
Data System
- Hewlett Packard GC/MS (9)
- Tekmar GC/MS Purge and Trap Concentrators
(3)
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Gas Chromatography
Types of Tests
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Organohalide Pesticides
- Carbamate Pesticides
- BTEX
- GC Fingerprint, Qualitative or
Quantitative
- Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons by GC/FID
- Pesticides/PCBs
- Chlorinated Herbicides
- Herbicides
- Organic Acids
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Instrumentation
- Hewlett Packard GC with ECD/FID (2)
- Hewlett Packard GC with ECD/NPD
- Waters GC with ECD/ECD
- Tracor GC with ECD
- Dynatech Archon GC-Direct Injection
- Tracor GC with FID
- Tracor GC with Hall/PID (2)
- Hewlett Packard GC with PID/ELCD
- Waters GC with PID/ELCD/FID
- Hewlett Packard GC with PID/FID
- GOW-MAC GC with TCD
- PE Nelson GC Data System
- Hewlett Packard GC with ECD/ECD (2)
- Hewlett Packard GC with FID/FID (2)
- Tracor GC with PID/FID
- Tekmar Purge and Trap Concentrators (4)
- Waters Carbamate System w/UV Detector
and Scanning Fluorescence Detector
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Inorganic Metals
Types of Tests
- Elemental Analysis by ICP
Aluminum
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Bismuth
Boron
Cadmium
Calcium
Chromium
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Cobalt
Copper
Iron
Lead
Lithium
Molybdenum
Magnesium
Manganese
Nickel
Potassium
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Potassium
Selenium
Silicon
Silver
Sodium
Strontium
Thallium
Tin
Vanadium
Zinc
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- Elemental Analysis by ICP/MS
- Elemental Analysis by AA
- Elemental Analysis by GF
- Mercury by Cold Vapor
- Inorganic Chemicals (IOCs) Drinking
Water
- Target Analyte List (23 elements)
- Priority Pollutant Metals (13 elements)
- RCRA Metals (8 elements)
- TCLP Metals (8 elements)
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Instrumentation
- Varian Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer
- Perkin Elmer Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy
- Varian Graphite Furnace Zeeman
Background
- Spectro Inductively Coupled Plasma,
Sequential
- Varian Mercury Analyzer
- Leeman Labs Mercury Analyzer
- Thermo-Jarrell Ash Inductively Coupled
Plasma, Simultaneous
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Water Quality - Wet Chemistry
Types of Tests
- Alkalinity
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- Chemical Oxygen Demand
- Chloride
- Hexavelent Chromium
- Cyanide
- Fats, Oils and Grease
- Fluoride
- Hardness
- Nitrogens - Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite,
Total Kjeldahl, Total Organic
- Odor
- Phenols
- Phosphorus
- Solids - Total, Total Dissolved, Total
Suspended, Total Volatile, Total Fixed
- Specific Conductance
- Sulfate, Sulfide, Sulfite
- Surfactants
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
- Total Organic Halogen (TOX)
- Turbidity
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Instrumentation
- HACH COD Digestor (3)
- HACH Spectrophotometer
- Perkin Elemer FT-Infrared
Spectrophotometer
- Buck Scientific Infrared
Spectrophotometer
- Dionex Ion Chromatograph with Autosampler
- Orion Ion Analyzer (2)
- Lachat QuickChem with XYZ
Autosampler/Autodiluter
- Advanced Instruments Osmometer
- Shimadzu Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
- Mitsubishi Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
(2)
- IC Parameters - chloride, flouride,
nitrite, nitrate, bromide, orhtophosphate, sulfate
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Microbiology
- Total
Coliform
- Fecal
Coliform
- Standard
Plate Count
- Iron
Bacteria
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