• Various analytical techniques are utilized to identify and quantify the chemical composition of samples from various sources. The analysis employs standard methods from analytical and environmental chemistry. The instrumentation utilized is as follows:
  - High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  - Atomic Spectroscopy (AA-ICP)
  - Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
  - Ion Chromatography (IC)
  - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR)
  
• Examples of procedures are as follows; other procedures can be developed:
  - Ion Analysis: sulfate, phosphate, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite
  - Wet Chemical: pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, hardness, turbidity,
  dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand, total coliforms
  - Propellant Analysis: solid and liquid, effective stabilizer level, moisture, volatiles
  - Explosives identification
  - Elemental: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
  - Airborne particulate
  - Polynucleic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  - Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and other leaching procedures
  - Metals in wastewater, drinking water, and soil; also lead in paint
  - Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in wastewater
  - Volatile organic compounds (VOC) and Semivolatile organic compounds
  - Identification of unknown samples

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Warfighter Directorate, 410-278-4277, email atcwd@atc.army.mil