Method Detection Limits for EPA Method 8015 Diesel Range Organics using Fully Automated Extraction and Concentration

One of the most frequently desired quantities in environmental chemistry is the amount of diesel range organics (DROs) contained within a sample. The analysis of DROs is performed in almost every major environmental laboratory under the US EPA Method 80151 or by using the similar ISO 9377-22. This method is commonly used to determine the contamination of alkanes from C10 to C28 caused by leaking underground storage containers. This application note will outline optimized methods for this extraction the Biotage® Horizon 5000 fully automated extraction system; the Biotage® Horizon 4790 and Biotage® VacMaster™ Disk vacuum manifold for this application.