UNI EN 15527 : 2008

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents
   5.1 General
   5.2 Reagents for extraction procedures
   5.3 Reagents for clean-up procedures
   5.4 Reagents for gas chromatographic analysis
   5.5 Standards
6 Apparatus
   6.1 Extraction and clean-up procedures
   6.2 Gas chromatograph
   6.3 Capillary columns
   6.4 Preparation of standard solutions
7 Hazards
8 Interference
   8.1 Interference during sampling, storage
        and extraction
   8.2 Interference due to co-elution
9 Sample conservation
10 Pretreatment
   10.1 General
   10.2 Drying
   10.3 Particle size reduction
11 Procedure
   11.1 Blank
   11.2 Extraction
   11.3 Addition of the internal standard solution
   11.4 Concentration or dilution
   11.5 Clean up of the extract
   11.6 Addition of the injection standard
   11.7 Gas chromatographic analysis with mass
        spectrometric detection
12 Performance characteristics
13 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Representative chromatograms
Annex B (informative) - Additional validation data
Annex C (informative) - Summary of general requirements
        and recommendations
Bibliography

Describes the quantitative determination of 16 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) according to the priority list of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, 1982).