ISO 15913-2000 PDF

Full title and description

ISO 15913:2000 — Water quality — Determination of selected phenoxyalkanoic herbicides, including bentazones and hydroxybenzonitriles, by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry after solid phase extraction and derivatization. This International Standard specifies a laboratory method for extracting, derivatizing and measuring selected phenoxyalkanoic herbicides in ground and drinking water using solid‑phase extraction (SPE) followed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‑MS).

Abstract

This standard defines a validated analytical procedure to determine selected phenoxyalkanoic acids and related compounds in ground and drinking waters at trace mass concentrations (method performance described down to the order of 50 ng/l). The method covers sample preparation by SPE, chemical derivatization where required, chromatographic separation and mass‑spectrometric detection, together with quality‑control and performance checks; annexes give target analytes and guidance on method applicability and verification for other compounds or water types.

General information

• Status: Published (International Standard; confirmed in systematic reviews).
• Publication date: 2000 (Edition 1 — published March/April 2000).
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• ICS / categories: 13.060.50 — Examination of water for chemical substances.
• Edition / version: Edition 1 (2000).
• Number of pages: 22 (main ISO text).

Scope

Specifies a quantitative analytical method for selected phenoxyalkanoic herbicides (examples listed in the standard) in groundwater and drinking water. The procedure uses solid‑phase extraction to concentrate analytes, chemical derivatization where necessary to make analytes amenable to GC analysis, followed by GC‑MS for identification and quantification. The standard also describes required quality‑control procedures and gives guidance for applying the method to other compounds or water matrices after verification.

Key topics and requirements

• Target analytes: selected phenoxyalkanoic acids and related substances (examples and table of analytes provided in the standard).
• Sample preparation: solid‑phase extraction (SPE) to concentrate analytes from water samples.
• Derivatization: chemical derivatization step(s) specified to render analytes suitable for GC separation and MS detection.
• Instrumental analysis: gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC‑MS) for separation, identification and quantification.
• Performance characteristics: method performance reported for trace-level determinations (guidance on achievable quantitation down to the order of 50 ng/l under the conditions described).
• Quality assurance: procedural blanks, recoveries, calibration, and other QC checks and verification requirements (annexes include tables and guidance).
• Applicability: possible extension to other compounds or water types only after laboratory verification as described in the standard.

Typical use and users

Environmental and public‑health laboratories, water utility analytical labs, contract testing laboratories, regulatory agencies and researchers performing monitoring of drinking water and groundwater for herbicide contamination. Users are typically chemists and laboratory managers responsible for trace organic analysis and method validation in water matrices.

Related standards

Regional and national adoptions/versions exist (e.g., EN / national transpositions), and the standard sits alongside other ISO standards for water quality and pesticide/herbicide analysis developed under ISO/TC 147 (Water quality). National bodies sometimes publish translated or adopted versions (examples include EN/ISO adoptions in European national collections).

Keywords

water quality, phenoxyalkanoic herbicides, bentazone, hydroxybenzonitriles, solid‑phase extraction, SPE, gas chromatography, GC‑MS, derivatization, drinking water, groundwater, pesticide analysis, ISO 15913:2000

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 15913:2000 is an ISO International Standard that specifies a laboratory method for determining selected phenoxyalkanoic herbicides in ground and drinking water using SPE, derivatization and GC‑MS.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers sample extraction (SPE), derivatization procedures where required, GC‑MS analysis, calibration and QC procedures, performance characteristics (including guidance on concentrations achievable, e.g., around 50 ng/l), and guidance for applying the method to other compounds or water types after verification.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Environmental testing laboratories, drinking water analysts, regulatory and compliance bodies, research laboratories and contracted analytical service providers performing trace pesticide/herbicide monitoring in water.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: The ISO record shows ISO 15913:2000 as the published edition (2000) and indicates it has been subject to ISO systematic reviews and confirmations (the edition has been confirmed in successive reviews). Users should check with their national standards body or ISO catalog for any amendments, newer editions or replacements before relying on the method for regulatory compliance.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: It is one of many ISO methods produced under ISO/TC 147 (water quality) and ISO technical subcommittees addressing chemical analysis of water; while not a numbered "series" per se, it is related conceptually to other ISO water‑quality methods for pesticides and trace organic analysis and may be adopted regionally as EN/ISO documents.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Phenoxyalkanoic herbicides, bentazone, hydroxybenzonitriles, solid‑phase extraction, derivatization, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, water quality, drinking water, pesticide analysis, ISO 15913:2000.