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Kansas Water Science Center

  Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory Services

Lawrence, Kansas – FY 2010

 

Methods analyzed by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

 

Triazine and Phenylurea Parents and Degradation Products

Analysis Code:  LCEA

APPROVED USGS METHOD – 0-2138-02 – OFR 02-436

 

Triazines 

 (0.025 µg/L reporting limit)

Atrazine

Bromacil

Cyanazine

Prometon

Propazine

Simazine

*Deethylatrazine (DEA)

*Deisopropylatrazine (DIA)

*Hydroxyatrazine (HA)

*Hydroxysimazine

*Deethylhydroxyatrazine (DEHA)

*Deisopropylhydroxyatrazine (DIHA)

*Deethyldeisopropylatrazine/Didealkyatrazine (DDA)

*Cyanazine acid (CAC)

*Cyanazine amide (CAM)

*Deethylcyanazine acid (DCAC)

*Deethylcyanazine amide (DCAM)

 

 (0.02 µg/L reporting limit)

*Deethylcyanazine (DEC) 

Phenylureas

 (0.20 µg/L reporting limit)

Diuron

Fluometuron

*DMFM (demethylfluometuron)

Linuron

 

 

*   Degradation product

 

 

Acetamide Parents and Degradation Products – on-line extraction

Analysis Code:  LCPD

APPROVED USGS METHOD – 0-2139-03 - OFR 03-173

 

 (0.02 µg/L reporting limit)

Acetochlor

*Acetochlor deschloro**

*Acetochlor ESA (ethane sulfonic acid)

*Acetochlor hydroxy**

*Acetochlor OXA (oxanilic acid)

*Acetochlor SAA (sulfynil acetic acid)

*Acetochlor/metolachlor – 2nd amide**

*Acetochlor/metolachlor ESA – 2nd amide

Alachlor

*Alachlor – 2nd amide**

*Alachlor deschloro**

*Alachlor ESA

*Alachlor hydroxy**

*Alachlor OXA

*Alachlor SAA

*Alachlor ESA – 2nd amide

Dimethenamid

*Dimethenamid deschloro**

*Dimethenamid ESA

*Dimethenamid hydroxy**

*Dimethenamid OXA

Flufenacet

*Flufenacet ESA

*Flufenacet OXA

Metolachlor

*Metolachlor deschloro**

*Metolachlor ESA

*Metolachlor hydroxy**

*Metolachlor OXA

Propachlor

*Propachlor OXA

 

(0.05 µg/L reporting limit)

*Propachlor ESA

 

 

*   Degradation product

** This compound will be included in the updated Approved USGS Method report

 

 

Glyphosate, AMPA, and Glufosinate–on-line extraction: Water

Analysis Code:  LCGY

APPROVED USGS METHOD – O-2141-09

 (0.02µg/L reporting limit)

Glyphosate

*Aminomethylphosphonic Acid (AMPA)

Glufosinate

 

 

Four Class Antibiotic Method: Water

Analysis Code:  LCAB

Fluoroquinolines- (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Ciprofloxacin

Enrofloxacin

Lomefloxacin

Norfloxacin

Ofloxacin

Sarafloxacin

 

Macrolides

Azithromycin (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Erythromycin (0.008 µg/L reporting limit)

*Erythromycin-H2O (0.008 µg/L reporting limit)

Roxithromycin (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Tylosin (0.010 µg/L reporting limit)

Virginiamycin (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

 

Sulfonamides

Sulfachloropyridazine  (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Sulfadiazine (0.100 µg/L reporting limit)

Sulfadimethoxine  (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Sulfamethoxazole  (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Sulfamethazine  (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Sulfathiazole (0.050 µg/L reporting limit)

 

Tetracyclines - (0.010 µg/L reporting limit)

Chlorotetracycline

Oxytetracycline

Tetracycline

Doxycycline

*Epi-chlorotetracycline

*Epi-iso-chlorotetracycline

*Epi-oxytetracycline

*Epi-tetracycline

*Iso-chlorotetracycline

 

 

*   Degradation product

 

Analysis Code:  LCAB--continued

 

Pharmaceuticals

Carbamazepine (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Ibuprofen (0.050 µg/L reporting limit)

 

Others

Chloramphenicol (0.100 µg/L reporting limit)

Lincomycin (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Ormetoprim (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

Trimethoprim (0.005 µg/L reporting limit)

 

 

 

Immunoassay

 

17 Beta Estradiol (E2) (0.0015 µg/L reporting limit)

Analysis Code: IMB

 

Atrazine (0.10 µg/L reporting limit)

Analysis Code:  IMA

 

Microcystin  (0.10 µg/L reporting limit)

Analysis Code:  IMN

 

 

**Other Immunoassay analysis potentially available upon request

 

 

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