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Species-specific isotope dilution analysis has been adopted as an official method under US legislation
(15.01.2008)
As announced in the Federal Register from January 3, 2008 species-specific isotope dilution analysis method for speciation analysis has been adopted as an official method in the United States as a part of the set of methods described under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US RCRA) in the chapter SW-846.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) announced the availability of the "Final Update IV'' to the Third Edition of the manual, "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' EPA publication SW-846. Final Update IV contains new and revised analytical methods that may be used in monitoring or complying with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste regulations. Method 6800 (Elemental and Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry) is now part of SW-846. According to Matt Pamaku, CEO of Applied Isotope Technologies, this event will profoundly influence a number of academic, regulatory and industrial testing and decision-making processes. Method 6800 describes both "Calibration-less" Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry (IDMS) and Species-specific Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry (SIDMS) protocols. The updated Method 6800 has now been expanded to include biological and industrial samples, as well as environmental samples (soil, sludge and water). The method allows generating accurate and precise results for trace element species even when species transformations during analysis cannot be avoided. It is the beauty of the method that defensible results can be obtained without a lengthy calibration procedure. One of the few problems of this method is the limited commercial availability of species-specific isotope standards. Specialized companies have now addressed this problem providing standards for Chromium, Mercury and Tin speciation analysis.  Related Information Federal Register, January 3, 2008: Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities; Notice of Availability of Final Update IV of SW-846,
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