Designation:D6232−08StandardGuideforSelectionofSamplingEquipmentforWasteandContaminatedMediaDataCollectionActivities1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6232;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoverscriteriawhichshouldbeconsideredwhenselectingsamplingequipmentforcollectingenvironmen-talandwastesamplesforwastemanagementactivities.Thisguideincludesalistofequipmentthatisusedandisreadilyavailable.Manyspecializedsamplingdevicesarenotspecifi-callyincludedinthisguide.However,thefactorsthatshouldbeweighedwhenchoosinganypieceofequipmentarecoveredandremainthesamefortheselectionofanypieceofequipment.Samplingequipmentdescribedinthisguidein-cludesautomaticsamplers,pumps,bailers,tubes,scoops,spoons,shovels,dredges,coringandaugeringdevices.Theselectionofsamplinglocationsisoutsidethescopeofthisguide.1.1.1Table1listsselectedequipmentanditsapplicabilitytosamplingmatrices,includingwater(surfaceandground),sediments,soils,liquids,multi-layeredliquids,mixedsolid-liquidphases,andconsolidatedandunconsolidatedsolids.Theguidedoesnotaddressspecificallythecollectionofsamplesofanysuspendedmaterialsfromflowingriversorstreams.RefertoGuideD4411formoreinformation.1.2Table2presentsthesamelistofequipmentanditsapplicabilityforusebasedoncompatibilityofsampleandequipment;volumeofthesamplerequired;physicalrequire-mentssuchaspower,size,andweight;easeofoperationanddecontamination;andwhetheritisreusableordisposable.1.3Table3providesthebasisforselectionofsuitableequipmentbytheuseofanIndex.1.4Listsofadvantagesanddisadvantagesofselectedsam-plingdevicesandlinedrawingsandnarrativesdescribingtheoperationofsamplingdevicesarealsoprovided.1.5Thevaluesstatedinbothinch-poundandSIunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasthestandardunits.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformati...
