International Standards

Discover the backbone of reliability in elemental analysis with our International Standards page. Explore the comprehensive set of global standards and regulations governing elemental analysis processes across industries. From ISO guidelines to ASTM specifications, our curated collection ensures compliance and accuracy in your laboratory procedures. Stay informed and aligned with the latest international standards to uphold the highest levels of quality and reliability in your analytical practices. Trust Trace Elemental Instruments to guide you through the complex landscape of regulatory requirements, ensuring confidence and precision in every analysis.

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Method	Description	TOC	TNb	AOX	EOX	POX	TN	TS	TX	TS MCT	CIC	Recommended Analyzer
ASTM D3120	ASTM D3120 is the standard Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D3246	ASTM D3246 is the standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Gas by Oxidative Microcoulometry											GBS GLS XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D3961	ASTM D3961 is the standard Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Liquid Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D4629	ASTM D4629 is the standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
ASTM D4744	ASTM D4744 is the standard Test Method for Organic Halides in Water by Carbon Adsorption Microcoulometric Detection											XPREP-3 TUSCAN NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
ASTM D4929	ASTM D4929 is the standard Test Methods for Determination of Organic Chloride Content in Crude Oil											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D5176	ASTM D5176 is the standard Test Method for Total Chemically Bound Nitrogen in Water by Pyrolysis and Chemiluminescence Detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb XPLORER-V NS XPLORER TN
ASTM D5194	ASTM D5194 is the standard Test Method for Trace Chloride in Liquid Aromatic Hydrocarbons											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D5453	ASTM D5453 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels and Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE
ASTM D5762	ASTM D5762 is the standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
ASTM D5808	ASTM D5808 is the standard Test Method for Determining Organic Chloride in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Microcoulometry											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D5987	ASTM D5987 is the standard Test Method for Total Fluorine in Coal and Coke by Pyrohydrolytic Extraction and Ion Selective Electrode or Ion Chromatograph Methods.											XPREP C-IC
ASTM D6069	ASTM D6069 is the standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
ASTM D6667	ASTM D6667 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.											GBS GLS XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS
ASTM D6721	ASTM D6721 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Chlorine in Coal by Oxidative Hydrolysis Microcoulometry.											NEWTON XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D7183	ASTM D7183 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE
ASTM D7184	ASTM D7184 is the standard Test Method for Ultra Low Nitrogen in Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
ASTM D7359	ASTM D7359 is the standard Test Method for Total Fluorine, Chlorine and Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion followed by Ion Chromatography Detection (Combustion Ion Chromatography-CIC)											XPREP C-IC
ASTM D7457	ASTM D7457 is the standard Test Method for Determining Chloride in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Microcoulometry											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D7551	ASTM D7551 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons, Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Natural Gas.											GLS XPLORER TS XPLORER-V NS
ASTM D7573	ASTM D7573 is the standard Test Method for Total Carbon and Organic Carbon in Water by High Temperature Catalytic Combustion and Infrared Detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb
ASTM D7994	ASTM D7994 is the standard Test Method for Total Fluorine, Chlorine, and Sulfur in Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion Followed by Ion Chromatography Detection (Combustion Ion Chromatography-CIC).											XPREP C-IC
ASTM D8083	ASTM D8083 is the standard Test Method for Total Nitrogen, and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) by Calculation, in Water by High Temperature Catalytic Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb
ASTM D8247	ASTM D8247 is the standard Test Method for Determination of Total Fluorine and Total Chlorine in Coal by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion Followed by Ion Chromatography Detection.											XPREP C-IC
DIN 15846	DIN 15846 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Sulfur content by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE
DIN 38409-14	DIN 38409-14 is the German standard method for the examination of water, waste water and sludge.											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
DIN 38409-22	DIN 38409-22 is the German standard method for the determination of water, waste water and sludge.											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
DIN 38409-8	DIN 38409-8 is the German standard method for the examination of water, waste water and sludge.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
DIN 38414-17	DIN 38414-17 is the German standard method for the determination of water, waste water and sludge.											VECTRA XPLORER AOX/TOX XLS-30 ARCHIE
DIN 38414-18	DIN 38414-18 is the German standard method for the examination of water, waste water and sludge; sludge and sediments.											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
DIN 51444	DIN 51444 is the standard Test Method for the determination of Nitrogen in Petroleum Products by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
EN 12260	EN 12260. This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of nitrogen in water. In the form of free ammonia, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate and organic compounds. Capable of conversion to nitrogen oxides under the oxidative conditions described.											VECTRA XPERT TOC/TNb XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
EN 1484	EN 1484. Water analysis. Guidelines for the determination of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC).											XPERT TOC/TNb
EN 1485	EN 1485. Water – Determination of adsorbable organic halides (AOX).											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
EN 17178	EN 17178 is for Liquid petroleum products. Determination of the total volatile sulfur content in liquefied petroleum gases by ultraviolet fluorescence spectroscopy.											GBS GLS XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS
EPA 1650B	EPA 1650B is for the adsorbable Organic Halides by Adsorption and Coulometric Titration.											XPREP-3 TUSCAN NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
EPA 415.1	EPA 415.1 is the standard Test Method for Organic Carbon in drinking, surface and saline Water by High Temperature Catalytic Combustion and Infrared Detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb
EPA 9020B	EPA 9020B. Determination of Total Organic Halides (TOX) as chloride in drinking water and ground waters.											XPREP-3 TUSCAN NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
EPA 9021	EPA 9021. Determination of organically bound halides (chloride, bromide and iodide) purged from a sample of drinking water or ground water.											XPLORER AOX/TOX
EPA 9023	EPA 9023. Determination of total extractable organic halides (EOX) as Cl in solids.											VECTRA XPLORER AOX/TOX XLS-30 ARCHIE
EPA 9060	EPA 9060 is the standard Test Method for Organic Carbon in Ground, Surface and Saline Water. As well Domestic and Industrial Wastes by High Temperature Catalytic Combustion and Infrared Detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb
EPA 9076	EPA 9076. Determination of Total Chlorine in new and used petroleum products.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
GB/T 11060.4	GB/T 11060.4 is for Natural gas – Determination of sulfur – Oxidative microculometry method.											GBS GLS XPLORER TX/TS
GB/T 11061	GB/T 11061 is for Natural gas – Determination of sulfur – Oxidative microculometry method.											GBS GLS XPLORER TX/TS
GB/T 15959	GB/T 15959 is for Water quality – Determination of adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) – Microcoulometric method.											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
GB/T 17674	GB/T 17674 is the standard Test Method for the determination of Nitrogen in Crude Oil by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
GB/T 18612	GB/T 18612 is for the determination of organic chloride content in crude oil by combustion and microcoulometry.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
GOST R 52247	GOST R 52247 is the standard Test Methods for Determination of Organic Chloride Content in Crude Oil.											XPLORER TX/TS
IP 490	IP 490 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Sulfur content in Automotive Fuels by Ultraviolet Fluorescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE
ISO 11480	ISO 11480 is for the determination of Total Chlorine and organically bound Chlorine in pulp, paper and board (AOX).											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
ISO 11905	ISO 11905 is for Water quality – Determination of nitrogen. Part 2: Determination of bound nitrogen, after combustion and oxidation to nitrogen dioxide, chemiluminescence detection.											XPERT TOC/TNb
ISO 20236	ISO 20236 is the standard Test Method for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total bound nitrogen (TNb) and dissolved bound nitrogen (DNb) after high temperature catalytic oxidative combustion.											XPERT TOC/TNb
ISO 20846	ISO 20846 is the standard test method for determination of Total Sulfur in Automotive Fuels by syringe/inlet oxidative combustion and ultraviolet fluorescence detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE
ISO 8245	ISO 8245 is for the determination of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC).											XPERT TOC/TNb
ISO 9562	ISO 9562. Water quality — Determination of adsorbable organically bound halogens (AOX).											XPREP-A6 XPREP-3 TUSCAN NEWTON XPLORER AOX/TOX
JIS 2541	JIS 2541 is the standard Test Method for the determination of Sulfur in Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Ultraviolet Fluorescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE
JIS 2609	JIS 2609 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Nitrogen in Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 XPLORER TN
NEN 5735	NEN 5735. determindation of halogens extracted from soil samples.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
NEN 5777	NEN 5777. Determindation of halogens extracted from soil samples											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
NEN 6401	NEN 6401. Determination of halogens of volitile organic halides (VOX)											XPLORER AOX/TOX
NEN 6402	NEN 6402. Determination of halogens of non-volitile extactable organic halides (EOX).											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
NEN 6676	NEN 6676. Determination of halogens of non-volitile extractable organic halides (EOX-AW).											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
NEN 6979	NEN 6979. Determination of extractable organic halogens (EOX).											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
SH/T 0253	SH/T 0253. Determination method for total sulfur content in light petroleum products (coulometric method).											XPLORER TX/TS
SH/T 0657	SH/T 0657 is the standard test method for trace nitrogen in liquid petroleum hydrocarbons by syringe/inlet oxidative combustion and chemiluminescence detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
SH/T 0689	SH/T 0689 is the standard test method for determination of total sulfur in light hydrocarbons motor fuels and oils by ultraviolet fluorescence.											XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XLS-30
SM 5310B	SM 5310B is the standard Test Method for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) from water and wastewater by a high-temperature combustion.											XPERT TOC/TNb
UOP 1001	UOP 1001 is the standard Test Method for Chloride and Fluoride in Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) by Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC).											XPREP C-IC
UOP 779	UOP 779. Chloride in Petroleum Distillates by Microcoulometry.											VECTRA XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TX/TS
UOP 910	UOP 910 is the Standard Test Method for the Determination of Chloride in LPG and Gaseous Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion with Microcoulometric Detection.											GBS GLS XPLORER TX/TS
UOP 936	UOP 936 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Nitrogen in LPG by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											GLS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XPLORER TN
UOP 971	UOP 971 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Nitrogen in Light Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
UOP 981	UOP 981 is the standard Test Method for the Determination of Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion with Chemiluminescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE XPLORER TN
UOP 987	UOP 987 is the standard Test Method for the determination of Low Trace Sulfur in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion with Ultraviolet Fluorescence Detection.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE
UOP 991	UOP 991 is the standard Test Method for Trace Chloride, Fluoride, and Bromide in Liquid Organics by Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC).											XPREP C-IC
NEN 17178	NEN 17178 is for the determination of the total volatile sulfur content in liquefied petroleum gases by ultraviolet fluorescence spectroscopy.											XPLORER-V NS
DIN 51408-2	DIN 51408-2:2009-06 Testing of mineral oil hydrocarbons – Determination of chlorine content – Part 2: Microcoulometric determination, oxidation method.											XPLORER TX/TS
NEN-EN 14077	NEN-EN 14077. This European and Dutch Standard specifies a method for the dertimation of low contents of organic halogen in petroleum products such as gasolines, middle distillates and residual fuels.											XPLORER TX/TS
ASTM D8150	Standard Test Method for Determination of Organic Chloride Content in Crude Oil by Distillation Followed by Detection Using Combustion Ion Chromatography.											XPREP C-IC
SM 5320	SM 5320 – Dissolved Organic Halogen (DOX) is a measurement used to estimate the total quantity of dissolved halogenated organic material in a water sample. This can be referred to as Total Organic Halogen (TOX), adsorbable organic halogen (AOX) and carbon adsorbable organic halogen (CAOX).
DIN 38409-59	DIN 38409-59 is the standard test method for the determination of adsorbable organically bound fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine (AOF, AOCl, AOBr, AOI) by Combustion Ion Chromatographic (C-IC).											XPREP C-IC
IS 517	IS 517 is the specification for Methanol ( Methyl Alcohol ) Annex D – Instrumental method using ultraviolet fluorescence technique.											VECTRA XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS XLS-30 ARCHIE
IS 4576	IS 4576 is a specification for Liquefied Petroleum Gases – Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Liquefied Petroleum Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence											GBS GLS XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS
EPA 1621	EPA 1621. Determination of Adsorbable Organic Fluorine (AOF) in Aqueous Matrices by Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC).											XPREP C-IC
JIS K 2240	JIS K 2240 This standard specifies the determination of sulfur in liquefied petroleum gases used as fuels for households, business, industries, automobiles and the like, and as raw materials for industries by Ultraviolet Fluorescence Detection.											XPREP-A6 GLS XPLORER TS XPLORER TN/TS XPLORER-V NS
Method	Description	TOC	TNb	AOX	EOX	POX	TN	TS	TX	TS MCT	CIC

Methode	Recommended Analyzer
ASTM D3120
ASTM D3246
ASTM D3961
ASTM D4629
ASTM D4744
ASTM D4929
ASTM D5176
ASTM D5194
ASTM D5453
ASTM D5762
ASTM D5808
ASTM D5987
ASTM D6069
ASTM D6667
ASTM D6721
ASTM D7183
ASTM D7184
ASTM D7359
ASTM D7457
ASTM D7551
ASTM D7573
ASTM D7994
ASTM D8083
ASTM D8247
DIN 15846
DIN 38409-14
DIN 38409-22
DIN 38409-8
DIN 38414-17
DIN 38414-18
DIN 51444
EN 12260
EN 1484
EN 1485
EN 17178
EPA 1650B
EPA 415.1
EPA 9020B
EPA 9021
EPA 9023
EPA 9060
EPA 9076
GB/T 11060.4
GB/T 11061
GB/T 15959
GB/T 17674
GB/T 18612
GOST R 52247
IP 490
ISO 11480
ISO 11905
ISO 20236
ISO 20846
ISO 8245
ISO 9562
JIS 2541
JIS 2609
NEN 5735
NEN 5777
NEN 6401
NEN 6402
NEN 6676
NEN 6979
SH/T 0253
SH/T 0657
SH/T 0689
SM 5310B
UOP 1001
UOP 779
UOP 910
UOP 936
UOP 971
UOP 981
UOP 987
UOP 991
NEN 17178
DIN 51408-2
NEN-EN 14077
ASTM D8150
SM 5320
DIN 38409-59
IS 517
IS 4576
EPA 1621
JIS K 2240
Methode	Solution

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