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Volatile Organic Testing Minimize

Whether you call it Volatile Organic Analysis (VOA) or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), Teklab can manage all of your volatile testing requirements. For example, Teklab can test for:

  • VOCs such as BTEX (or BETX)
  • TPH-GRO for a remediation project
  • Benzene for NESHAP testing
  • SW846 8260B or EPA 624 for compliance purposes
  • Specialty parameters such as method 1666 PMI compounds for the pharmaceutical industry

Teklab’s standard turnaround time is five days. Most of our volatile organic analysis (BTEX, Benzene, SW846 8260B) is completed within three working days of receipt. With six VOA GC/MS we can handle a lot of next day and two day samples. For a premium, same day results may also be available.

We run all of our VOA/VOC and BTEX samples by GC/MS at GC prices. Environmental samples have a tendency to contain matrix interference that can cause problems for GC analysis without the mass spectrometer detector. The GC/MS helps us "look through" all of the matrix interference and find the "fingerprint" for the compounds of interest. Using GC/MS costs us more, but we believe that the increased level of quality assurance and enhanced legal defensibility of our analysis is worth it.

If you are analyzing environmental samples for BTEX or other volatile compounds we recommend that you insist upon GC/MS analysis.
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Teklab Advantage Minimize

Our volatile organic testing customers have an advantage over their competitors

Teklab is a NELAC accredited laboratory with a standard turn-around-time of five business days. We take pride in our ability to handle large one and two day turn-around-time projects. Our customers enjoy the advantage of getting results up to two weeks faster than their competitors. That means you can wrap up a work site and move on to other projects faster and save a tremendous amount of money by not having equipment and personnel waiting around for the laboratory.

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Testing Methods Minimize

EPA Methods
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SW846 Methods

  • 8260B :- Volatile Organic Compounds by GC/MS
  • 8260B :- Gasoline Range Organics (OA-1) by GC/MS
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Teklab's Industry Leading Turn-Around-Time

Here is an example from our VOA department:
We recently completed a five month client project for Benzene NESHAP compliance. Everyday we received between three to five water samples. We provided same day results while still providing next day, two day and three day results ( as well as our industry leading standard five day turn-around-time ) for all of our other clients. While this example may not be typical of most client's needs, it demonstrates Teklab's capabilities.
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Volatile Organic Testing Equipment

  • Three HP 5890/5872 GC/MS with Archon autosamplers and Tekmar purge and traps
  • HP 5890/5972 GC/MS with Archon autosampler and Encon purge and trap
  • HP 6890/5973 GC/MS with Archon autosampler and Encon purge and trap
  • HP 6890/5973 GC/MS with Centruion autosampler and Encon purge and trap
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