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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)
2. REPORT DATE
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
August 1996
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
Development of an Analytical Method for White Phosphorus (P4) in
Water and Sediment Using Solid-Phase Microextraction
6. AUTHORS
Marianne E. Walsh, Susan Taylor and Philip G. Thorne
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
Special Report 96-16
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
For conversion of SI units to non-SI units of measurement consult Standard Practice for Use of the International System of Units (SI),
ASTM Standard E380-93, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103.
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
Headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) methods were developed for white phosphorus in water and
sediment/soil to minimize waste generated by methods based on solvent extraction. Headspace SPME pro-
vided a rapid, non-exhaustive extraction, based on equilibrium, of white phosphorus. Comparison of results
obtained by headspace SPME and solvent extraction shows that headspace SPME may be used quantitatively
for some water matrices and qualitatively for more complex matrices such as sediment/soil. Because detec-
tion limits appear to be similar to those obtained by solvent extraction, headspace SPME can be used to rap-
idly screen samples for contamination, eliminating the need to solvent-extract most samples.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
15. NUMBER OF PAGES
17
Analytical method
SPME
P4
White phosphorus
16. PRICE CODE
Solid-phase microextraction
17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89)
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Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18
298-102
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