Designation:D7035−10StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofMetalsandMetalloidsinAirborneParticulateMatterbyInductivelyCoupledPlasmaAtomicEmissionSpectrometry(ICP-AES)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7035;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodspecifiesaprocedureforcollection,samplepreparation,andanalysisofairborneparticulatematterforthecontentofmetalsandmetalloidsusinginductivelycoupledplasma-atomicemissionspectrometry(ICP-AES).1.2Themethodisapplicabletopersonalsamplingoftheinhalableorrespirablefractionofairborneparticlesandtoareasampling.1.3ThistestmethodshouldbeusedbyanalystsexperiencedintheuseofICP-AES,theinterpretationofspectralandmatrixinterferencesandproceduresfortheircorrection.1.4Thismethodspecifiesanumberofalternativemethodsforpreparingtestsolutionsfromsamplesofairborneparticu-latematter.Oneofthespecifiedsamplepreparationmethodsisapplicabletothemeasurementofsolublemetalormetalloidcompounds.Otherspecifiedmethodsareapplicabletothemeasurementoftotalmetalsandmetalloids.1.5Itistheuser’sresponsibilitytoensurethevalidityofthestandardmethodforfiltersofuntestedmatrices.1.6Thefollowingisanon-exclusivelistofmetalsandmetalloidsforwhichoneormoreofthesampledissolutionmethodsspecifiedinthisdocumentisapplicable.However,thereisinsufficientinformationavailableontheeffectivenessofdissolutionmethodsforthoseelementsinitalics.AluminumIndiumSodiumAntimonyIronStrontiumArsenicLeadTantalumBariumLithiumTelluriumBerylliumMagnesiumThalliumBismuthManganeseTinBoronMolybdenumTitaniumCadmiumNickelTungstenCalciumPhosphorusUraniumCesiumPlatinumVanadiumChromiumPotassiumYttriumCobaltRhodiumZincCopperSeleniumZirconiumHafniumSilver1.7Themethodisnotapplicabletothesamplingofelemen-talmercury,ortoinorganiccompoundsofmetalsandmetal-loidsthatarepre...
