Organic Analytical Methods - Standard Reference Materials

Environmental SRMs

NIST has many Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) that may be useful to those in the organic environmental community. The SRMs that are currently available are listed in the following tables.

Table 1. NIST Natural Matrix SRMs for the Determination of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Samples

Table 2. NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for the Determination of Organic Environmental Contaminants

Table 3. Analytes in NIST Solution SRMs for PAHs and Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

Table 4. Analytes in NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners

Table 5. Analytes in NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for Chlorinated Pesticides

Table 6. NIST Reference Materials (RMs) for Organic Environmental Analysis
Table 7. NIST RMs and SRMs for Moisture Determination

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Table 1. NIST Natural Matrix SRMs for the Determination of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Samples

SRM No.	Title	Date Issued	Certified Constituents	Reference (Noncertified) Constituents
1580	Organics in Shale Oil	1980	PAHs (5); Phenols (3)PANH (1)	Phenols (6); PANH (1)
1581	Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Oils	1982	Aroclor 1242/1260
1582	Petroleum Crude Oil	1984	PAHs (5); PASH (1)	PAHs (5); Phenols (2); PANH (1)
1588a	Organics in Cod Liver Oil	1998^a	PCBs (24); Pesticides (4)	PCDDs/PCDFs (7) PCBs (34); Pesticides (3)
1589a	Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Human Serum	in preparation
1597	Complex Mixture of PAHs from Coal Tar	1987	PAHs (12)	PAHs/PASH/PANH (18)
1648	Urban Particulate Matter	1978	Trace elements (9)	Trace elements (25); PAH (13)
1649a	Urban Dust	1998^b	PAHs (22); PCBs (35); Pesticides (8)	PAHs (22); Pesticide (1, mutagenic activity); PCDD/PCDFs (17); Trace elements (32); Particle size; Total organic carbon
1650	Diesel Particulate Material	1985	PAHs (5) Nitro-PAHs (1)	PAHs (6); Nitro-PAHs (3); PAQ (1)
1650a	Diesel Particulate Matter	2000
1939a	Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Congeners) in River Sediment	1998^c	PCBs (20); Pesticides (3)	PCBs (4)
1941a	Organics in Marine Sediment	1994	PAHs (23); PCBs (21) Pesticides (6)	PAHs (14); PCBs (7); Pesticides (3) Aliphatics (17); Trace Elements (27)
1944	New York/New Jersey Waterway Sediment	1999	PAHs (24); PCBs (35); Pesticides (4) Trace Elements (9)	PAHs (32); Pesticides (7); Trace elements (20); PCDDs/PCDFs (17) Particle size; Total organic carbon
1945	Organics in Whale Blubber (Frozen)	1993	PCBs (27); Pesticides (15)	PCBs (2); Pesticides (2)
1974a	Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis) (Frozen)	1995	PAHs (15); PCBs (20) Pesticides (7)	Aliphatics (16); Trace Elements (28) PAHs (18); PCBs (4); Pesticides (4) Methylmercury
1975	Diesel Particulate Extract	1999	PAHs (8)	PAHs (29) Nitro-PAHs
2974	Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis) (Freeze Dried)	1997	PAHs (14); PCBs (20); Pesticides (7); Methylmercury; Mercury	PAHs (17); PCBs (4); Pesticides (4); Trace Elements (8)
2976	Mussel Tissue (Trace elements and Methylmercury)	1997	Methylmercury (8); Trace elements	Trace elements (2)

PANH = Polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycles
PCDD = Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins
PAQ = Polycyclic aromatic quinones
PCDF = Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
PASH = Polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles
^aFirst issued in 1989; revised in 1998.
^bFirst issued in 1982; recertified in 1998.
^cFirst issued in 1990; recertified in 1998.

Table 2. NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for the Determination of Organic Environmental Contaminants

SRM No.	Title	Date Issued	Certified Constituents	Noncertified Constituents
1491	Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hexane/Toluene	1989	PAHs (23)	PAHs (1)
1492	Chlorinated Pesticides in Hexane	1992	Pesticides (15)
1493	Chlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane	1995	PCBs (18)	PCBs (2)
1494	Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane	*	Hydrocarbons (20)
1584	Priority Pollutant Phenols in Methanol	1984	Phenols (10)	Phenols (1)
1586	Isotopically Labeled and Unlabeled Priority Pollutants in Methanol	1984	Priority pollutants (10)
1587	Nitrated PAHs in Methanol	1985	Nitro-PAHs (6)	Nitro-PAHs (1)
1596	Dinitropyrene Isomers and 1-Nitropyrene in Methylene Chloride	1987	Nitro-PAHs (4)
1614	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) in Iso-octane	1985	Dioxins (2)	Dioxins (2)
1639	Halocarbons (in Methanol) for Water Analysis	1983	Halocarbons (7)
1647d	Priority Pollutant PAHs (in Acetonitrile)	1992^a	PAHs (16)
2260	Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Toluene (Nominal Concentration 60 g/mL)	1991	PAHs (23)	PAHs (1)
2261	Chlorinated Pesticides in Hexane (Nominal Concentration 2 g/mL)	1992	Pesticides (15)
2262	Chlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane (Nominal Concentration 2 g/mL)	1995	PCBs (25)	PCBs (4)
2269	Perdeuterated PAH-I	*	Perdeuterated PAHs (5)
2270	Perdeuterated PAH-II	*	Perdeuterated PAHs (6)
2273	DDTs and Metabolites in Solution	*	DDTs and Metabolites (7)
2274	PCB Congener Solution-II	*	PCBs (11)
2275	Chlorinated Pesticide Solution-II	*	Pesticides (9)
2276	Three Planar PCBs in Solution	*	PCBs (3)

^* Certification in progress.
^a SRM 1647 was first issued in 1981.

Table 3. Analytes in NIST Solution SRMs for PAHs and Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in SRMs 1491 and 2260 (~4-8 and 50-70 g/mL)

Naphthalene^a

2-Methylnaphthalene

1-Methylnaphthalene

Biphenyl

2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene

Acenaphthylene^a

Acenaphthene^a

1,6,7-Trimethylnaphthalene

Fluorene^a

Phenanthrene^a

Anthracene^a

1-Methylphenanthrene

Fluoranthene^a

Pyrene^a

Benz[a]anthracene^a

Chrysene^a

Benzo[b]fluoranthene^a

Benzo[k]fluoranthene^a

Benzo[e]pyrene

Benzo[a]pyrene^a

Perylene

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene^a

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene^a

Benzo[ghi]perylene^a

Perdeuterated PAHs in SRM 2269 (~5-50 g/mL)

biphenyl-d₁₀

phenanthrene-d₁₀

fluoranthene-d₁₀

benz[a]anthracene-d₁₂

dibenz[a,h]anthracene-d₁₄

Perdeuterated PAHs in SRM 2270 (~5-50 g/mL)

naphthalene-d₈

acenaphthene-d₁₀

pyrene-d₁₀

benzo[a]pyrene-d₁₂

perylene-d₁₂

benzo[ghi]perylene-d₁₂

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

in SRM 1494

(~6-130 g/mL)

n-Decane (n-C₁₀)

n-Undecane (n-C₁₁)

n-Dodecane (n-C₁₂)

n-Tridecane (n-C₁₃)

n-Tetradecane (n-C₁₄)

n-Pentadecane (n-C₁₅)

n-Hexadecane (n-C₁₆)

n-Heptadecane (n-C₁₇)

n-Octadecane (n-C₁₈)

n-Nonadecane (n-C₁₉)

n-Eicosane (n-C₂₀)

n-Docosane (n-C₂₂)

n-Tetracosane (n-C₂₄)

n-Hexacosane (n-C₂₆)

n-Octacosane (n-C₂₈)

n-Triacontane (n-C₃₀)

n-Dotriacontane (n-C₃₂)

n-Tetratriacontane (n-C₃₄)

Pristane

Phytane

^aAnalytes in SRM 1647d (~1-20 g/mL)

Table 4. Analytes in NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners

PCB Congeners in SRMs 1493 and 2262(~0.2 and 2 g/mL)
PCB 1	2-Chlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 8	2,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl
PCB 18	2,2',5-Trichlorobiphenyl
PCB 28	2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 29	2,4,5-Trichlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 44	2,2',3,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
PCB 50	2,2',4,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 52	2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 66	2,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
PCB 77	3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 87	2,2',3,4,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 101	2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 104	2,2',4,6,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 105	2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 118	2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 126	3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 128	2,2',3,3',4,4'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
PCB 138	2,2',3,4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 153	2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl^b
PCB 154	2,2',4,4',5,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 170	2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl
PCB 180	2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
PCB 187	2,2',3,4',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl
PCB 188	2,2',3,4',5,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 195	2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-Octachlorobiphenyl
PCB 201	2,2',3,3',4,5',6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl^a
PCB 206	2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Nonochlorobiphenyl
PCB 209	Decachlorobiphenyl

PCB Congeners in SRM 2274 (~2 g/mL)
PCB 31	2,4',5-Trichlorobiphenyl
PCB 49	2,2',4,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
PCB 95	2,2',3,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 99	2,2',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 110	2,3,3',4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 149	2,2',3,4',5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl
PCB 151	2,2',3,5,5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl
PCB 156	2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl
PCB 169	3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
PCB 183	2,2',3,4,4',5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl
PCB 194	2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-Octachlorobiphenyl

PCB Congeners in SRM 2276 (~2 g/mL)
PCB 77	3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
PCB 126	3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
PCB 169	3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl

^a Analytes not in SRM 1493
^b Analytes in SRM 1585 (~1-30 g/mL)
PCB 3 (4-Chlorobiphenyl) and PCB 15 (4,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl) are also in SRM 1585

Table 5. Analytes in NIST Calibration Solution SRMs for Chlorinated Pesticides

Chlorinated Pesticides in SRMs 1492 and 2261 (~0.2 and 2 g/mL)

Hexachlorobenzene

gamma-HCH

Heptachlor

Aldrin

Heptachlor epoxide

cis-Chlordane

trans-Nonachlor

Dieldrin

Mirex

2,4'-DDE

4,4'-DDE

2,4'-DDD

4,4'-DDD

2,4'-DDT

4,4'-DDT

Chlorinated Pesticides in SRM 1583 (~0.5-1.3 g/mL)

gamma-HCH

delta-HCH

Aldrin

Heptachlor epoxide

4,4'-DDE

4,4'-DDT

Chlorinated Pesticides in SRM 2275 (~2 g/mL)

alpha-HCH

beta-HCH

Oxychlordane

cis-Nonachlor

trans-Chlordane

Endrin

Endosulfan I

Endosulfan II

Endosulfan sulfate

Table 6. NIST Reference Materials (RMs) for Organic Environmental Analysis

RM No.	Title	Date Issued	Reference Values
8469	4,4'-DDT	1992	1 (purity of neat material)
8467	4,4'-DDE	1992	1 (purity of neat material)
8466	*Lindane (gamma-HCH)*	1992	1 (purity of neat material)
8470	1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene and 4,4'-Dibromooctafluorobiphenyl (DBOFB) in Hexane	*	2
8471	Hexamethylbenzene in Hexane	*	1
8472	Tetrachloro-m-xylene in Hexane	*	1

* = Certification in progress

Table 7. NIST Reference Materials (RMs) and Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for the Determination of Trace Levels of Water

RM/SRM No.	Title	Date Issued	Reference Values
2890	Water Saturated Octanol	1998	1
8506a	Moisture in Transformer Oil	1992	1
8507	Moisture in Mineral Oil (93 mg/kg)	1992	1
8508	Moisture in Methanol (325 mg/kg)
8510	Moisture in Methanol	1997	1
	Moisture in Crude Oil

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