Quality Assurance in Environmental Monitoring

Part 1 The use of solid phase extraction for environmental samples, Dean Rood: the importance of sample preparation; introduction to solid phase extraction; SPE formats; using SPE cartridges and disks; SPE sorbents; sorbent and solvent relationships; selecting the solvents; solvent considerations; selecting cartridge size; method development; matrix considerations; analysis considerations; method considerations; example methods. Part 2 Current status of supercritical fluid extraction in environmental analysis, Joseph M. Levy and Athos C. Rosselli: what is supercritical fluid; applicable environmental analytes and matrices. Part 3 Validation and quality control with atomic absorption spectrometry for environmental monitoring, Ian L. Shuttler: method validation; quality control; external quality assessment. Part 4 Application of ICP-OES techniques in environmental QC, Terry C. Dymott: theory of the ICP-OES technique; instrumental systems; monitoring of environmental pollution; pre-analysis considerations; water analysis; airborne particulate analysis; analysis of soils, sludges and sediments; plant and biological sample analysis. Part 5 Practical aspects of monitoring volatile organics in air, Elizabeth A. Woolfenden: transfer of analytes to the capillary GC system; air sampling methods; moisture management; analytical instrumentation and system calibration; VOC air monitoring applications; concluding remarks; appendix a - diffusive uptake rates on Perkin-Elmer sorbent tubes; appendix b - calibration calculation methods. Part 6 Quality control and quality assurance aspects of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for environmental analysis, Ray E. Clement and Carolyn J. Koester: the use of GC-MS in environmental investigations; QC/QA aspects of GC-MS instrument operation; QC considerations for qualitative and quantitative analysis; QC/QA considerations for using GC-MS in contracted work. Part 7 Application of capillary electrophoresis for environmental analysis, Saul Parry and Colin Simpson: equipment requirements; capillary zone electrophoresis; additive based CE separations; isotachophoresis (ITP); bi-directional ITP; sample introduction methods for CE; novel sample introduction methods; methods for increased sample loading; detection methods for CE; conductivity detection; mass spectrometric detection for CE. Part 8 Advances in flow analysis - instrumentation and its application in environmental analysis, Richard J. Berman: flow analysis review; instrumentation; flow analysis techniques; environmental application of flow analysis; quality assurance aspects of flow analysis. Part 9 Application of software in environmental auditing and quality control, Edward Soo and Miles Jack: environmental auditing; the mechanics of auditing; the use of computers in auditing; Coursafe - the ComputerBased auditing programme.