General Information:

PCB - Congener

A PCB congener is any single, unique well-defined chemical compound in the PCB category. The name of a congener specifies the total number of chlorine substituents , and the position of each chlorine.

EPA/USP Method

EPA Method 508A may be used for screening finished drinking water, raw source water, or drinking water in any treatment stage for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). This procedure is applicable to samples containing PCBs as single congeners or as complex mixtures such as weathered, intact, or mixtures of commercial Aroclors. The procedure is incapable of identifying the parent PCBs because the original PCBs are chemically converted to a common product, decachlorobiphenyl (DCB). The procedure has only been evaluated using Aroclors and 2-chlorobiphenyl as a source of PCBs. The extraction conditions of this method are comparable to USEPA Method 608, which does measure the multicomponent constituents: commercial polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixtures (Aroclors), toxaphene, and chlordane. The extract derived from this procedure may be analyzed for these constituents by using the GC conditions prescribed in either Method 608 (packed column) or Methods 505, 508.1, or 525.2 (capillary column) .

ISO Accreditations and Certifications

Chem Service, Inc. is a leader in the design, development, production, distribution, and servicing of organic neat and synthetic reference materials and has achieved multiple industry certifications:

Accredited to ISO 17034:2016
Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Registered and Certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System

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