ASTM D6418-04

Standard Practice for Using the Disposable En Core Sampler for Sampling and Storing Soil for Volatile Organic Analysis

SCOPE
1.1 This practice is intended for application to soils that may contain volatile waste constituents.
1.2 This practice provides a procedure for using the disposable En Core sampler to collect and store a soil sample for volatile organic analysis.
1.3 It is recommended that this standard be used in conjunction with Practice D 4547 and Guide D 4687.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Note 1—ASTM takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any item mentioned in this standard. Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such rights, are entirely their own responsibility.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Jan-2004
• ICS: 13.080.10 - Chemical characteristics of soils
• Technical Committee: D34 - Waste Management
• Drafting Committee: D34.01.03 - Sampling Equipment

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D6418-03 - Standard Practice for Using the Disposable En Core Sampler for Sampling and Storing Soil for Volatile Organic Analysis
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM D6418-09 - Standard Practice for Using the Disposable En Core Sampler for Sampling and Storing Soil for Volatile Organic Analysis (Withdrawn 2018)
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D8170-20 - Standard Guide for Using Disposable Handheld Soil Core Samplers for the Collection and Storage of Soil for Volatile Organic Analysis
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2004
• Referred By: ASTM D4547-20 - Standard Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:D6418–04
Standard Practice for
Using the Disposable En Core Sampler for Sampling and
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Storing Soil for Volatile Organic Analysis
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6418; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3. Summary of Practice
3.1 This practice provides a procedure for using the dispos-
1.1 Thispracticeisintendedforapplicationtosoilsthatmay
contain volatile waste constituents. able En Core sampler to collect and store a soil sample of
1.2 This practice provides a procedure for using the dispos- approximately 5 or 25 g for volatile organic analysis. The En
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able En Core sampler to collect and store a soil sample for Core sampler, which consists of a coring body/storage cham-
volatile organic analysis. ber, O-ring sealed plunger, and O-ring sealed cap, is designed
1.3 Itisrecommendedthatthisstandardbeusedinconjunc- to collect and hold a soil sample during shipment to the
tion with Guide D4547 and Guide D4687. laboratory for analysis.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the 3.2 AfterthesampleiscollectedintheEnCoresampler,the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the coring body/storage chamber is sealed with a slide-on cap and
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- immediately becomes a sample storage chamber. To minimize
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- loss of volatile compounds due to volatilization, or biodegra-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. dation, or both, from the time of collection until analysis or
chemical preservation in the laboratory (see Guide D4547),
NOTE 1—ASTM takes no position respecting the validity of any patent
samplestorageoptionsarespecifiedat4 62°Cforupto48h;
rights asserted in connection with any item mentioned in this standard.
at –7 to –21°C for up to 14 days; or at 4 6 2°C for up to 48 h
Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the
validity of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such followed by storage at –7 to –21°C for up to five days (see
rights, are entirely their own responsibility.
AppendixX1andreportsreferencedinfootnotes4,5,and6for
information on the performance of the En Core sampler under
2. Referenced Documents
4,5,6
these storage conditions). Storage of samples in the En
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Core sampler at 4 6 2°C or –7 to –21°C for longer holding
D2777 Practice for Determination of Precision and Bias of
times than those listed above is an option, provided it can be
Applicable Methods of Committee D-19 on Water
shown that the longer storage time used does not influence the
D4547 Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile
concentrations of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of
Organics
interestinthesamples,orthatthedatageneratedbyanalysisof
D4687 Guide for General Planning of Waste Sampling
the samples meet the data quality objectives (DQOs) (see
D5792 Practice for Generation of Environmental Data
Practice D5792). This practice does not use methanol preser-
Related to Waste ManagementActivities: Development of
vation or other chemical preservatives in the field.
Data Quality Objectives
4. Significance and Use
4.1 This practice is for use in collecting and storing 5- or
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D34 on Waste
25-gsoilsamplesforvolatileorganicanalysisinamannerthat
Management and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D34.01.03 on
minimizes loss of contaminants due to volatilization, or bio-
Sampling Equipment.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally degradation, or both. The En Core sampler serves as both the
approved in 1999 as D6418–99. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as
sampling device and sample storage chamber.
D6418–03.
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En Core is a registered trademark of En Novative Technologies, Inc., Green
Bay, WI. The En Core sampler is covered by a patent. Interested parties are invited
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to submit information regarding the identification of an alternative(s) to this Hewitt,A. D., Frozen Storage of Soil Samples forVolatile Organic Compound
patented item to the ASTM Headquarters. Your comments will receive careful Analysis, Environmental Testing and Analysis, Vol 8, No. 5, 1999, pp. 18–25.
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consideration at a meeting of the responsible technical committee, which you may A copy of the research report describing the study performed to evaluate the
attend. precisionoftheEnCoresamplertostorelowVOCconcentrationsisavailablefrom
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