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Method 1668 Congener Set 209 Chlorinated Biphenyl Congeners by HRGC / HRMS

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M-1668A-1-0.01X 1 x 1 mL M-1668A-2-0.01X 1 x 1 mL
At stated conc. in Isooctane 83 comps. At stated conc. in Isooctane 54 comps.
3-Chlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,4-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,6-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2',3,4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,5-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 3,4-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,3'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2',3,3',4,5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,6-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
3,5-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 3,3',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
3,3'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,5,6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,4,6-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,3',6-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 3,4',5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
2,4',6-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,5,5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',5,6'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2',3,5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',4,6'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',5',6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,4',5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2',3,4-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',4',6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,4,5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',4,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',4-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4,4',5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,5,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,4,4',6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',4,4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',5,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',4,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',4,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4',5,6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4',5,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,6,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5,6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5',6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5,6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',5,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3',5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5',6-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',4,4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',5,5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6,6'-Nonachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,4'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3',4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
PCB Congener Mix 3 2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
M-1668A-3-0.01X 1 x 1 mL 2,2',3,4,4',6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
At stated conc. in Isooctane 29 comps. 2,2',3,4,5,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,4,5,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5,6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,4,5-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3'-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',4,4',5,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,2',3,6'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,3,5,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5,5',6-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,3,3',6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4',5',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2',3,4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,5,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3',5,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
Method 1668 Congener Set (Continued) 209 Chlorinated Biphenyl Congeners by HRGC / HRMS

PCB Congener Mix #4 PCB Congener Mix #5

M-1668A-4-0.01X 1 x 1 mL M-1668A-5-0.01X 1 x 1 mL
At stated conc. in Isooctane 15 comps. At stated conc. in Isooctane 28 comps.

2,3',4-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)

2-Chlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3',4,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,4-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL)
4-Chlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2',3,4,5,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',4,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
4,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',6-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,4',6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3',4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (2.5 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,5,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',6,6'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4',5,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3',4,5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,4,4',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',3,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2',3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Octachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,3,3',4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6,6'-Nonachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Nonachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,3,3',4',5,6-Hexachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)
2,2',4,6,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL) Decachlorobiphenyl (7.5 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (5.0 µg/mL)

Method 1668A Combined Congeners Standard World Health Organization

M-1668A-LOC-SET $ 150 / 2 x 1 mL (M-1668A-NAT, M-1668A-PAR) Congener Mix

Determination of Chlorobiphenyl content at each level of chlorination C-WHO-01 $ 40 / 1 x 1 mL
2.0 µg/mL each in Isooctane 12 comps.
Native PCB Calibration Mix PAR PCB Spike Mix 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
M-1668A-NAT 1 x 1 mL M-1668A-PAR 1 x 1 mL 3,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
At stated conc. in Isooctane 19 comps. At stated conc. in Isooctane 19 comps. 2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl
4-Chlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 4-Chlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
4,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 4,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2',3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (1 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (0.2 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl
2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
2',3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 2',3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (5 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (1 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (2 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl (2 µg/mL)
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (2 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-Octachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-Octachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Nonachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Nonachlorobiphenyl (10 µg/mL)
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decachlorobiphenyl (20 µg/mL) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decachlorobiphenyl (20 µg/mL)

M-1668A-C-NT-LOC-WD-GCPC
M-1668A-C-NT-LOC-WD-GCPC-PAK
20.0 µg/mL each in Isooctane
2-Chlorobiphenyl
4-Chlorobiphenyl
2,2'-Dichlorobiphenyl
4,4'-Dichlorobiphenyl
2,2',6-Trichlorobiphenyl
2,3,5-Trichlorobiphenyl
2',3,5-Trichlorobiphenyl
3,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl
2,2',6,6'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
3,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl
2,2',4,6,6'-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
2',3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
$ 150 / 1 x 1 mL
$ 600 / 5 x 1 mL
33 comps.
Technical Note
2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
M-1668A-C-NT-LOC-WD-GCPC is
2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl
a combined chlorinated congener
2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
standard. This single standard
2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
contains the chlorinated congeners
3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl
selected from the World Health
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl
Organization list, the Native Toxics
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
(NT) and Level of Chlorination
2,2',3,4,4',5,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
(LOC) tables along with the
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl
required GC/MS Performance
2,2',3,4',5,6,6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
Check congeners. The use of this
2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl
single mix reduces analytical run
2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6'-Octachlorobiphenyl
time (single mix versus 4 separate
2,3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Octachlorobiphenyl
runs), eliminates standard
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-Nonachlorobiphenyl
preparation, and assists in ISO 9001
2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6,6'-Nonachlorobiphenyl Certificate Number: 31692
validation of instrument
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decachlorobiphenyl
performance criteria.

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PCB Congener Historical Perspective
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been the subject of numerous
studies and investigations over the last several decades because of their
environmental persistency and bioaccumulation.
Their abundance as a pollutant stems from their worldwide manufacture
as heavily used industrial chemicals (in the USA, as Aroclors by
Monsanto), with the main application as a di-electric fluid for capacitors
and transformers. As late as 1984, about 758 million pounds were still in
use in the United States alone.
Toxicity & BioAccumulation
The chemical formulation of PCBs, their physiological properties
(liphophilicity causing bioaccumulation in body lipids and liver organs)
and overall toxicity are quite similar to that of the banned pesticide,
DDT.
One of the first signals of the effect of PCBs on the environment, in the
United States, was noted in 1970 on Great Gull Island at the entrance to
Long Island Sound. Scientists observed a sharp increase in the number
of abnormalities found in young sea gulls, such as feather loss, crossed
beaks, and four legs. In addition, the egg shells were extremely thin.
In 1968, Japan documented the first of over 1200 human patients, many
of them children, who developed acneform skin eruptions (chloracne)
and other clinical symptoms. These symptoms were eventually traced to
the ingestion of the industrial PCB, Kannechlor 400, (trademark of the
Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Company) which had been blended with
Rice Oil (Yusho).
The effect was thus termed Yusho Disease. The average amount of
actual PCBs consumed by the victims was estimated at 2 grams. By
1973, 22 of the 1200 victims had died, 41% from malignant tumors,
suggesting a possible excess mortality from that cause.
Since then, additional studies have been performed discovering many
more occurrences and correlations.
PCB Groupings and Formulations
Toxicity and Abundance
PCB Congeners can be grouped according to their presence in the
technical mixtures (i.e. Aroclors) and according to their toxicity,
generally falling into the following pattern:
ConBrio704 Congeners that contain the fewer chlorine substitutions in
the ortho positions are more toxic than those having more chlorines in
those positions. The most toxic are the tetra, penta and
hexachlorobiphenyl congeners that are unsubstituted in the ortho
position.
Analytical Chemistry of PCBs
Second Edition by Mitchell D. Erickson
1997, 688 pp.
This updated and expanded Second Edition of Dr. Erickson’s
Analytical Chemistry of PCBs appears a decade after the first
and is completely revised and updated. This book is a
comprehensive review of the analytical chemistry of PCBs. It
is part history, part annotated bibliography, part comparison,
and part guidance. It is an invaluable resource for chemists.
Features:
Review of PCB analysis, coverage of standard methods,
customer/analyst interactions, overview of PCB background,
more than 2,000 bibliographic citations, and background data.
PCB-BOOK-001 $165
Regulatory Actions
The overwhelming problem with PCBs is their continuing environmental
impact. Their stability, and widespread prior use, has caused global
contamination of soils, rivers and other waterways that could affect our
food and water supplies for years to come.
This problem has become of paramount concern to the US EPA, which
prohibited, under section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, the
use of PCBs, except in totally enclosed systems, after July 1, 1978; the
manufacture of PCBs, after January 1, 1979 and the processing and
distribution in commerce of PCBs after July 1, 1979. PCBs use as
industrial chemicals were totally prohibited after July 1, 1984.
In order to facilitate environmental monitoring, toxicity studies, and
possible destruction of PCBs present in the environment, the EPA permits
the synthesis and distribution of small quantities for research purposes.
In the course of the investigations, it was determined that some of the
209 congeners that constitute the industrial PCB product behave
differently than others and it is very helpful, even essential, to the
scientific and regulatory communities, that individual congeners be
available. For this reason, the EPA granted manufacturing and export
exemptions to a few, select standard manufacturers.
The founder of AccuStandard, Inc. was the first to obtain this
exemption. AccuStandard is the leader in synthesiz-ing those
chemicals and indeed, is the only firm to have made all 209
congeners individually. Our expertise can assist you in your
PCB investigations.
There are 2 columns that are closest to achieving the “holy grail” status.
(J&W, DB-XLB & SGE’s HT 8) which resolve all but 4 pairs of
significant congeners and 5 pairs of minor congeners.
George Frame and his co-workers at General Electric Company have
coordinated a seminal study of specially formulated PCB groups - five of
which are composed of the congeners contained in Aroclors, the
remaining four mixtures contain those congeners generally absent in
Aroclors. AccuStandard prepared and supplied the nine mixtures used in
Dr. Frame’s study from its inventory of the 209 pure congeners.
These nine mixtures were then tested on 17 different columns by
independent laboratories and column manufacturers. The resulting
chromatographic retention time and response data was compiled. This
information has proven invaluable for identification and quantification of
the different Aroclors as well as for congener specific analysis.
Congener Reference Material
AccuStandard’s FT/IR, Mass
spectral data, melting points and
chromatograhic information is
included along with chromatographic
data from George Frame’s study, is
available in the Analytical Standards
& Reference Material for All 209
PCB Congeners Book.
S-3571 $25
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