Volatile Organic Compounds* analyzed in the UMIS study unit:

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• Dichlorodifluoromethane
• Chloromethane
• Chloroethene
• Bromomethane
• Chloroethane
• Bromoethene
• Trichlorofluoromethane
• Diethyl ether
• 2-propenal (Acrolein)
• 1,1-dichloroethene
• Freon 113
• Acetone
• Iodomethane
• Carbon Disulfide
• 3-chloro-1-propene
• Dichloromethane
• 2-propenenitrile
• trans-1,2-dichloroethene
• Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE)
• 1,1-dichloroethane
• Vinyl Acetate
• Diisopropyl ether
• Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE)
• 2,2-dichloropropane
• cis-1,2-dichloroethene
• 2-butanone
• Methyl acrylate
• Bromochloromethane
• Methyl acrylonitrile
• Tetrahydrofuran
• Trichloromethane (chloroform)
• 1,1,1-trichloroethane
• Tetrachloromethane
• 1,1-dichloropropene
• Benzene
• 1,2-dichloroethane
• tert-Amyl methyl ether
• Trichloroethene
• 1,2-dichloropropane
• Dibromomethane
• Methyl methacrylate
• Bromodichloromethane
• cis-1,3-dichloropropene
• 4-methyl-2-pentanone
• Methylbenzene (toluene)
• trans-1,3-dichloropropene
• Ethyl methacrylate
• 1,1,2-trichloroethane
• Tetrachloroethene
• 1,3-dichloropropane
• 2-hexanone
• Chlorodibromomethane
• 1,2-dibromoethane
• Chlorobenzene
• 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
• Ethylbenzene
• 1,4-dimethylbenzene
• 1,3-dimethylbenzene
• 1,2-dimethylbenzene
• Styrene
• Tribromomethane
• Isopropylbenzene
• Bromobenzene
• 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
• 1,2,3-trichloropropane
• trans-1,4-dichloro-2-butene
• n-propylbenzene
• 2-chlorotoluene
• 4-chlorotoluene
• 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene
• 2-ethyltoluene
• tert-butylbenzene
• 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene
• sec-butylbenzene
• 1,3-dichlorobenzene
• p-isopropyltoluene
• 1,4-dichlorobenzene
• 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene
• 1,20dichlorobenzene
• n-butylbenzene
• Hexachloroethane
• 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
• 1,2,3,5-tertramethylbenzene
• 1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene
• 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene Hexachlorobutadiene
• Naphthalene
• 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene

Find the volatile organic compounds analyzed nationally within NAWQA here.

Analytical methods used:

Rose, D.L., and Schroeder, M.P., 1995, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of volatile organic compounds in water by purge and trap capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-708, 26 p.