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Table 3.2 (Continued)

Analysis Standard Title

water, wastewater and sludge; sludge and
sediments (group S); determination of
phosphorous in sludges and sediments (S12)

ISO 6878 Water quality - Determination of phosphorous,

ammonium molybdate spectrometric method

APHA 4500-P B Phosphorous - Sample preparation

APHA 4500-P E Phosphorous - Ascorbic acid method

Trace
elements

ISO 11885 Water quality - Determination of 33 elements by
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission
spectroscopy
EN 13346 Characterisation of sludges - Determination of
trace elements and phosphorous - Aqua regia
extraction methods
APHA 3120 C Metals by plasma emission spectroscopy -
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) method
BMP EN 11734 Water quality - Evaluation of the ultimate anaerobic
degradability of organic compounds in digested
sludge - method by measurement of the biogas
production
DIN 38 414 (S8) German standard methods for the examination of
water, wastewater and sludge; sludge and
sediments (group S); determination of the
amenability to anaerobic digestion (S8)
VDI 4630 Fermentation of organic materials -
Characterisation of the substrate, sampling,
collection of material data, fermentation tests
TOC EN 1484 Water analysis - guidelines for the determination of
total organic carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic
carbon (DOC)
APHA 5310 Total organic carbon (TOC)
VDI, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, D ¨ sseldorf, Germany.
ISO, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland.
EN, European Committee for Standardisation, Brussels, Belgium.
APHA, American Public Health Association, Washington DC, USA.
DIN, Deutsches Institut f ¨ r Normung e. V., Berlin, Germany.

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