Validated Test Method 6850: Perchlorate in Water, Soils and Solid Wastes Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization/Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/ESI/MS or HPLC/ESI/MS/MS)

The following document details the method that uses HPLC coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI/MS) or tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to determine perchlorate levels in surface water, groundwater, wastewater, salt water and soil.

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Validated Test Method 6850: Perchlorate in Water, Soils and Solid Wastes Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization/Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/ESI/MS OR HPLC/ESI/MS/MS) (PDF)(10 pp, 142 K, January 2007)