ReferenceStandards
forExplosivesAnalysis
At-a-Glance
Product
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20 single-component certified solutions or retention timemarkers.
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Mixtures supportingHPLCMethod 8330.
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Mixtures supportingGC-ECDMethod 8095.
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Internal standards and surrogates to support bothmethods.
Restek analytical reference materials for
explosives are formulated to support nitroaro-
matic, nitroamine, and nitroester analyses.
These materials can be analyzed using high
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-
UV) according to US EPAMethod 8330
1
or
using gas chromatography (GC-ECD) accord-
ing to Method 8095
2
, developed by the US
Army Cold Regions Research and
EngineeringLaboratory.
3
EPA Method 8095 includes all the
Method 8330 target compounds, plus
3,5-dinitroaniline, nitroglycerin, and pen-
taerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Our
Method8095 calibrationmixtures contain the
additional components at the concentration
ratios appropriate for ECD.
Compounds listed are explosives, intermedi-
ates that are used in themanufacture of explo-
sives, or degradation products of explosive
compounds.
References
1. USEnvironmental ProtectionAgency.
TestMethods
for Evaluating SolidWaste, Physical/Chemical
Methods
. SW-846Update III, Office of SolidWaste,
Washington, DC, 1997.
2. USEnvironmental ProtectionAgency.
TestMethods
for Evaluating SolidWaste, Physical/Chemical
Methods
. SW-846, ProposedDraft Update IVB,
Office of SolidWaste,Washington, DC, 1999.
3. M. E.Walsh, T. Ranney.
Determination of
Nitroaromatic, Nitramine, andNitrate Ester
Explosives inWaterUsing Solid-Phase Extraction
andGas Chromatography-ElectronCapture
Detection: ComparisonwithHigh-Performance
LiquidChromatography.
J. Chromatogr. Sci.,Vol. 36,
pp. 406-416,August 1998.
Peak List
1. HMX
2. RDX
3. 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
4. 1,3-dinitrobenzene
5. tetryl
6. nitrobenzene
7. 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
8. 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene
9. 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene
10. 2,6-dinitrotoluene
11. 2,4-dinitrotoluene
12. 2-nitrotoluene
13. 3-nitrotoluene
14. 4-nitrotoluene
LC_0189
Pinnacle
II
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C18 5µmColumn
Cat.#:
9214575
Dimensions:
250 x 4.6mm
Particle size:
5µm
Pore size:
110 Å
Conditions:
Mobile phase: water:methanol (50:50, v/v)
Flow: 1.5mL/min
Temp.: 27.0°C
Det.: UV@ 254nm
Sample:
Inj.: 3µL
Conc.: 500µg/mL each component
Solvent: acetonitrile
1:1mix of:
Restek 8330CalibrationMix #1: Cat. # 31450
Restek 8330CalibrationMix #2: Cat. # 31451
Single-Component Explosives Solutions
A= acetone; ACN=acetonitrile;M=methanol
Packaged 1mL/ampul
Individual
5-pk. w/ 10-pk. w/
Compound
Solvent µg/mL Individual w/data pack 5-pk. data pack data pack
2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31670
31670-500 31670-510 31670-520 31770
4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31671
31671-500 31671-510 31671-520 31771
3,5-dinitroaniline
ACN 1,000 31661
31661-500 31661-510 31661-520 31761
1,3-dinitrobenzene
ACN 1,000 31662
31662-500 31662-510 31662-520 31762
2,4-dinitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31663
31663-500 31663-510 31663-520 31763
2,6-dinitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31664
31664-500 31664-510 31664-520 31764
EGDN
M 1,000 31601
31601-500 31601-510 31601-520 31701
HMX
ACN 1,000 31665
31665-500 31665-510 31665-520 31765
nitrobenzene
ACN 1,000 31657
31657-500 31657-510 31657-520 31757
nitroglycerin
M 1,000 31498
31498-500 31498-510 31498-520 31598
nitroguanidine
M 1,000 31602
31602-500 31602-510 31602-520 31702
2-nitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31659
31659-500 31659-510 31659-520 31759
3-nitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31660
31660-500 31660-510 31660-520 31760
4-nitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31658
31658-500 31658-510 31658-520 31758
PETN
M 1,000 31600
31600-500 31600-510 31600-520 31700
picric acid
M 1,000 31499
31499-500 31499-510 31499-520 31599
RDX
ACN 1,000 31666
31666-500 31666-510 31666-520 31766
tetryl
ACN 1,000 31667
31667-500 31667-510 31667-520 31767
1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
ACN 1,000 31668
31668-500 31668-510 31668-520 31768
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
ACN 1,000 31669
31669-500 31669-510 31669-520 31769
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