Designation:D6889−03(Reapproved2017)StandardPracticeforFastScreeningforVolatileOrganicCompoundsinWaterUsingSolidPhaseMicroextraction(SPME)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6889;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversaprocedureforthescreeningoftracelevelsofvolatileorganiccompoundsinwatersamplesbyheadspacesolidphasemicroextraction(SPME)incombinationwithfastgaschromatographywithflameionizationdetection.1.2Theresultsfromthisscreeningprocedureareusedtoestimateanalyteconcentrationstopreventcontaminationofpurgeandtraporheadspaceanalyticalsystems.1.3ThecompoundsofinterestmusthaveagreateraffinityfortheSPMEabsorbentpolymeroradsorbentthanthesamplematrixorheadspacephaseinwhichtheyreside.1.4NotalloftheanalyteswhichcanbedeterminedbySPMEareaddressedinthispractice.Theapplicabilityoftheabsorbentpolymer,adsorbentorcombinationtoextractthecompound(s)ofinterestmustbedemonstratedbeforeuse.1.5WhereuseditistheresponsibilityoftheusertovalidatetheapplicationofSPMEtotheanalytesofinterest.1.6ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.7Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Forspecifichazardstatements,seeSection9.1.8Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1129TerminologyRelatingtoWaterD1193S...
