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ALS TECHNICHEM (M) SDN BHD- SAMPLE CONTAINER REQUEST FORM
Attention: Bottle Preparation
Facsimile: +60-3-7845 8258 E-mail: [email protected]
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*Please Note: Cost recovery charges may apply for urgent deliveries when insufficient notice is received.
For regional deliveries, please allow 3-5 working days for delivery.
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Hard cooler box - medium
Hard cooler box - small
Foam cooler box
QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLE CONTAINERS
No.
Label Colour
Orange
Container Type (* sample containers supplied with teflon lined
lids)
1 x 150ml wide mouth glass jar
Trip/Field Spike (soil) – duplicate jars (control and field spike)
Orange
of sand spiked with unleaded petrol. Both control and field
spike to be analysed for TPH/BTEX (provided under CoC
conditions with ice)
Maroon
Maroon
2 x 40ml Amber glass vial (NaHSO4 preserved) Trip Blank
2 x 40ml Amber glass vial (NaHSO4 preserved) Trip Spike
(provided under CoC conditions with ice)
Test Parameter(s)
Trip BLANK SOIL (BTEX)
Trip SPIKE SOIL(Min. 24hr notice required)
(C6-C9, BTEX compounds). Please
return to ALS lab of issue.
Trip BLANK WATER (BTEX)
Trip SPIKE WATER (BTEX)
-
1 x 500mL Amber glass bottle
Rinsate: Semi-Volatile Organics
-
1 x 1L Opaque plastic „natural‟ bottle
Rinsate: Metals and Inorganics
-
1 x 500ml Amber glass bottle
Rinsate: Volatile Organics & TOC/DOC
SOLID MATRIX SAMPLE CONTAINERS (Soil / Sludge / Sediment / Dusts)
No.
Label Colour
Orange
Container Type (* sample containers supplied with teflon lined
lids)
Test Parameter(s)
1 x 250ml wide mouth glass jar
Test parameters including TCLP and
( 2 x 250ml jars recommended for Sediment samples)
ZHE
Orange
1 x 150ml wide mouth glass jar
TPH/BTEX/PAH & Metals
Orange
1 x 150ml wide mouth glass jar
ZHE only
Orange
1 x 150ml wide mouth glass jar
Dioxins or TBT plus TOC
Orange
1 x 150ml wide mouth glass jar
Green
Herbicides, PFOS/PFOA, Ultra trace
OC/OP/PCB or PBDE‟s
1 x 250g resealable plastic bag (samples should be frozen)
Acid Sulfate Soils
1 x 250g resealable plastic bag
Asbestos, Particle Sizing
White
1 x 100g paper bag
Total Sulfur or Total Fluoride, Sulfide
Black
1 x 120ml sterile wide mouth plastic jar
Microbiological tests
Black on
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Turquoise
ALS use only
1 x 4 L clear glass (5% CuSO4 solution)
Dust Deposition gauges
Packed by:
Dispatch Time / Date
Number of cooler box:
Consignment Note Number:
Courier Company:
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AQUEOUS MATRIX SAMPLE CONTAINERS (WATER)
Volumes listed in the box below are recommended based on “clean” waters.
For other combinations - 1 x 1000mL container may be sufficient, please contact us for advice.
INORGANICS
No.
Container Type (Preservation)
Test Parameter(s)
Green
1 x 1,000ml plastic (none)
Solids, Cations, Anions, Physical properties
Green
1 x 1,000ml plastic (none)
BOD, Turbidity, Colour, Formaldehyde
Green
1 x 250ml plastic (none)
General Cations & Anions (only)
1 x 500ml plastic (none)
BOD (only)
Green
1 x 1,000ml White plastic (none)
Chlorophyll a (Standard LOR)
Green
1 x 1,000ml White plastic (none)
Asbestos
1 x 125ml plastic (Zinc Acetate and NaOH)
Sulfide
Label Colour
Green & White
stripe
Yellow
Yellow & Light
Blue
Light Orange
Brown
Blue
Blue & White
Stripe
2 x 125mL plastic bottles; Yellow (Zinc Acetate
and NaOH) plus Light Blue (Aluminium Chloride)
1 x 250ml plastic (EDTA and Zinc Acetate)
1 x 500ml Amber glass (HCHO to be added upon
receipt at the laboratory)NOTE 1
1 x 250ml White plastic (NaOH)
Unionized Sulfide
Sulfite
Surfactants (NIS or MBAS)
Total, Free and WAD Cyanide; Cyanate
1 x 250ml White plastic Sulfide pretreatment
bottle (Pb(OAC)2)NOTE2
Total, Free and WAD Cyanide; Cyanate
Purple
1 x 125ml plastic (Sulfuric acid)
COD, Ammonia, TN, NOx, TKN, TP, Total Phenols
Purple
1 x 40ml Glass vial (Sulfuric acid)
TOC
Purple
1 x 40ml Glass vial (Sulfuric acid)
DOC (Field Filtered)
Purple
1 x 1,000ml wide mouth glass jar (Sulfuric acid)
Oil & Grease
MICRO & ALGAE
No.
Label Colour
Grey
Dark Green
Container Type (Preservation)
Test Parameter(s)
1 x 250ml Sterile plastic jar/lid (With Na2S2O3)
Multiple „Micro‟ Test – Chlorinated Water
1 x 1,000ml White plastic (Lugol‟s solution)
Algae
METALS & RADIONUCLIDES
No.
Label Colour
Red
Red & Green
stripe
Red on White
Red & Green
stripe
Maroon on
Container Type (Preservation)
Test Parameter(s)
1 x 60ml plastic (Nitric acid)
Heavy Metals Dissolved (Field Filtered) or Total
1 x 60ml plastic (none) AIRFREIGHT OPTION
Heavy Metals Dissolved (Field Filtered) or Total
1 x 125ml plastic (Spec Pure nitric acid)
1 x 125ml plastic (none) AIRFREIGHT OPTION
ORC Metals in Fresh and Saline water Dissolved
(Field Filtered) or Total
ORC Metals in Fresh and Saline water Dissolved
(Field Filtered) or Total
1 x 60ml plastic (Spec Pure HCl acid)
As and Se Speciation
Maroon
1 x 60ml plastic (Hydrochloric acid)
Ferrous Iron (Field Filtered)
Blue
1 x 60ml plastic (Sodium Hydroxide)
Hexavalent Chromium (extended holding time)
1 x 1,000ml plastic (none) AIRFREIGHT OPTION
Gross alpha/ Gross beta
2 x 1,000ml plastic (none) AIRFREIGHT OPTION
Radium 226, Radium 228
White
Red & Green
stripe
SPECIALIST CATCHMENT, RECYCLED, DRINKING WATER MONITORING
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No.
Label Colour
Light Green &
White stripe
Turquoise &
White stripe
Black on White
Pairs
Pairs
Pairs
Pairs
Green
Grey
Dark Blue &
White stripe
Purple
Grey
Grey
Container Type (Preservation)
Test Parameter(s)
Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus – ULTRA
1 x 60ml plastic (none)
TRACE
Reactive P, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, Silica (Field
1 x 60ml plastic (none)
filtered) – ULTRA TRACE
1 x 40ml vial (EDA)
Oxyhalides
2 x 40ml Amber vials (none)
MIB/Geosmin
2 x 40ml Amber vials (none, however Na2S2O3 may
be added for chlorinated water)
2 x 40ml Amber vials (Ammonium Chloride)
2 x 40ml Amber vials (Sulfuric Acid, Na2S2O3 may
be added for chlorinated water)
1 x 125ml plastic (none, however Na2S2O3 may be
added for chlorinated water)
1 x 500ml Amber glass (none, however Na2S2O3
may be added for chlorinated water)
Acrylamide, Acrolein
Chloroacetic Acids
Acrylonitrile or Alcohols or Pyridine
Paraquat & Diquat
NDMA
Super Ultra-trace Multiresidue Pesticides Suite
Orange
1 x 500mL Amber glass (none)
Orange
2 x 500ml Amber glass (none) for primary analysis
(EP234LL)
Orange &
4 x additional 500ml Amber glass bottles for
White stripe
laboratory duplicates and matrix spikes.
Super Ultra-trace OC/OP/PCB
Ultra trace Multi Residue Screens (EP215)
AQUEOUS MATRIX SAMPLE CONTAINERS (WATER) continued…
ORGANICS
No.
Pairs
Label Colour
Maroon
Container Type (Preservation)
Test Parameter(s)
2 x 40ml Amber vials (HCl)
VOCs/BTEX/TPH(C6-C9)/VHC
Maroon &
2 x 40ml Amber vials (NaHSO4 or Sulfuric Acid)
Pairs
White stripe
AIRFREIGHT OPTION
Pairs
Yellow stripes
Purple &
Orange
VOCs/BTEX/TPH(C6-C9)/VHC, 1,4-Dioxane
2 x 40ml Amber vials (Sulfuric Acid)
Gases/Methane (Standard or Ultra trace)
1 x 100ml Amber glass (none) for primary
analysis
Standard level OC/OP/PCB plus Standard level PAHs
plus standard level Phenols plus TPH(C10-C36) plus
2 x additional 100ml Amber glass bottles for
standard level SVOC (8270 list)
laboratory duplicates and matrix spikes.
Herbicides - Carbamates standard level
Herbicides including Glyphosate/AMPA, Phenoxy
Acids, Amitrole, metsulfuron methyl and Diuron
Orange
1 x 100ml Amber glass (none) including QC
(Standard level) plus Ultra trace Multi-residue
Pesticides Suite (EP234)
Explosives only (Standard level)
Enhanced level or Ultra-trace PAHs plus any
1 x 500ml Amber glass (none) for primary
Orange
analysis
2 x additional 500ml Amber glass bottles for
laboratory duplicates and matrix spikes.
standard level TPH and SVOCs,
TBT
Ultra trace OC/OP/PCBs
Synthetic Pyrethroids
HRAF - TPH Aliphatic / Aromatic Speciation plus
TPH(C10-C36)
Orange
2 x 500ml Amber glass (none) for primary
Dioxins & Furans
analysis
PBDE
4 x additional 500ml Amber glass bottles for
Ultra trace Phenols or ultra trace phenols and any
laboratory duplicates and matrix spikes.
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level PAHs/TPH
Date Approved: 25/03/2011
Super Ultra-trace PAHs + other std SVOCs/TPH
Grey
Brown
1 x 250ml plastic (PTFE free) (none, however
Na2S2O3 may be added for chlorinated water)
1 x 500ml Amber glass (HCHO to be added upon
receipt at the laboratory)NOTE1
1 x 500ml Amber glass (none) for primary
Orange &
White stripe
PFOS & PFOA
Alkylphenol Ethoxylates
analysis
Ultra trace Explosives or
Ultra trace Phenoxy Acid herbicides or
2 x additional 500ml Amber glass bottles for
Nitrocellulose or
laboratory duplicates and matrix spikes.
Low level Multi-residue screen by LC/MS (EP209)
Important Notes:

NOTE1
Formaldehyde preserved bottles for Surfactant (NIS or MBAS) analysis can be supplied upon receipt of written
safety confirmation from the client

NOTE2
If high sulfide contamination is suspected a sulfide pretreatment bottle must be used during the collection of these
samples. Sampling instructions will be provided with your order.

NOTE3
All samples for Organics analysis (where appropriate) are provided with Teflon lined lids.
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Date Approved: 25/03/2011
ALS SAMPLE CONTAINER
KL ADDRESS 9 Jalan Astaka U8/84, Bukit Jelutong, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor  PHONE +60 3 7845 8257  FAX +60 3 7845 8258
JB 19 Jalan Kencana Mas 1/1, Tebrau Business Park, Taman Daya, 81100 Johor Bahru  PHONE +60 7 354 9604  FAX +60 7 354 9554
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Date Approved: 25/03/2011