Designation:D5368–93(Reapproved2001)StandardTestMethodsforGravimetricDeterminationofTotalSolventExtractableContent(TSEC)ofSolidWasteSamples1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5368;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodsdescribestandardproceduresforgravimetricallydeterminingthetotalnonvolatileandsemi-volatileorganiccontentofsolventextractsfromsoilsorsolidwastes.Thefollowingmethodsareincluded:SectionMethodA—Micro-DeterminationofTSEC11-13MethodB—EvaporatingDishProcedure14-16MethodC—BoilingFlaskProcedure17-191.2Thesemethodsareusedafterasolventextractisobtainedfromasoilorsolidwaste.Forthesemethodstobeapplicable,theextractionsolventmusthaveaboilingpointlessthanthatofwateratambientpressure.1.3Thetotalsolventextractablecontent(TSEC)ofasoil,sediment,sludge,orsolidwastedependsuponthesolventandmethodusedfortheextractionprocedure.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D2109TestMethodsforNonvolatileMatterinHaloge-natedOrganicSolventsandTheirAdmixtures2D2910PracticeforConcentrationandRecoveryofOrganicMatterfromWaterbyActivatedCarbon3D3086TestMethodforOrganochlorinePesticidesinWa-ter3D3445TestMethodforNonvolatileMatterinTrichlorot-rifluoroethane4D3694PracticesforPreparationofSampleContainersandforPreservationofOrganicConstituents3D4281TestMethodforOilandGrease(FluorocarbonExtractableSubstances)byGravimetricDetermination3D5369PracticefortheExtractionofSolidWasteSamplesforChemicalAnalysisUsingSoxhletExtraction53.Terminology3.1Definition:3.1.1totalsolventextractablecontent(TSEC)—thetotalconcentrationbyweight(w/w)oforganicmaterialsthatisextractablefromasoilorsolidwastebytheselectedsolvent.4.SummaryofMethods4.1ThesampleisextractedwithanorganicsolventusingaproceduresuchasdescribedinPracticesD5369(SoxhletExtraction)orTestMethodD4281...
