Analytical Methods
Merit uses the latest technology and instrumentation to provide the full spectrum of environmental analyses, including specialty testing. Sample matrices analyzed include groundwater, air, soil, wastewater, drinking water, sediment, waste, raw materials, and consumer products. Here's a listing of the analytical methods performed by our laboratory. Merit also performs method development to support your analytical testing needs.
Organics
Parameters + Methods
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Air [TO-15]
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) [8260, 624, 524.2]
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds [SVOCs) (8270, 625]
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) [8015 GRO/DRO/ORO]
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) [8082, 608]
Pesticides [8081, 608]
Perfluorinated Compounds (PFAS), including PFOA and PFOS (EPA 533, EPA 537 Rev. 1.1, EPA 537.1 ASTM D7979 with Isotopic Dilution, ASTM D7968-17, and EPA 1633)
Phthalate Esters [8270, 625]
Appendix IX [8260, 8270]
Fingerprint Analysis [GC-MS]
TCLP VOCs, SVOCs, Herbicides, Pesticides [1311, 8260, 8270, 8081]
Metals + Methods
Metals, Total by ICP-MS [6020, 200.8]
Metals, Dissolved by ICP-MS [6020, 200.8]
Mercury, Total by CVAA [7471, 7470, 245.1]
Lead, Total-Fine-Coarse
TAL Metals [6020, 7470, 7471]
RCRA 8 Metals [6020, 200.8, 7470, 7471, 245.1]
Priority Pollutant Metals [6020, 200.8, 7470, 7471, 245.1]
TCLP Metals [1311]
Sodium Adsorption Ration [20B]
Inorganics
Parameters + Methods
Alkalinity
Amenable Cyanide
Ammonia-N (Undistilled)
Ash
Available Cyanide
Bicarbonate
Bicarbonate Alkalinity
BOD5
Bromide
BTU
Carbon Dioxide
Carbonate
Carbonate Alkalinity
CBOD5
Chloride
Chlorine Residual
Chromium VI
COD
Color, True and Apparent
Conductivity
Corrosivity
Cyanide (Available, Free, Total)
Density
Dissolved Oxygen-Membrane
Ferric Iron
Ferrous Iron
Fixed Solids
Flash Point
Fluoride (Undistilled)
Fractional Organic Carbon
Free Cyanide
Hardness
Hardness as CaCO3, Water
Hydrogen Peroxide
Iodide
MBAS
Nitrate-N
Nitrite-N
Oil & Grease n-Hexane
Oil & Grease n-Hexane Soxhlet
Ortho Phosphate
Ortho Phosphorus
Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP)
Paint Filter Test
pH
Phenols
Phosphate
Phosphorus, Total
Reactive Cyanide
Reactive Sulfide
Silica
Specific Gravity
Sulfate
Sulfite
Sulfur %
Sulfur Prep
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Total Cyanide
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
Total Nitrogen
Total Organic Nitrogen
Total Settable Solids
Total Solids
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
Total Suspended Solids, Volatile (VSS)
Total Volatile Solids
TPH n-Hexane Extractable
Turbidity
Volatile Solids, Total (TVS)
Waste Characterization
Parameters + Methods
TCLP Volatile Organic Compounds [1311, 8260]
TCLP Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds [1311, 8270]
TCLP Herbicides [1311]
TCLP Pesticides [1311, 8081]
TCLP Metals [1311, 6020, 7470]
SPLP Volatile Organic Compounds [1311, 8260]
SPLP Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds [1311, 8270]
SPLP Herbicides [1311]
SPLP Pesticides [1311, 8081]
SPLP Metals [1311, 6020, 7470]
Corrosivity/pH
Flash Point/Ignitability
Reactivity, Cyanide
Reactivity, Sulfide
Density
Total Ash Solids