Principle: Thermal-optical with flame ionization detection (TO-FID)
Precision (%): 10
Minimum reported value: 3 µg
Remarks: The analysis method yields an organic carbon and elemental carbon result. The sum of the two results yields the total carbon result. Sample results are corrected for the field blank. The field blank must be found on the same analysis request as the associated samples and must be from the same lot as the samples. It is advisable to report the presence of carbonates in the samples to the laboratory if carbonates are potentially present. IRSST method 388 is equivalent to the method NIOSH 5040: Diesel Particulate Matter, version 3 of March 15, 2003, published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

IRSST. "Détermination des particules de diesel (exprimée en Carbone total) dans l'air". Méthode 388. Méthodes analytiques. Montréal: IRSST, 2016. Non publiée.

Principle: Thermal-optical with flame ionization detection (TO-FID)
Precision (%): 10
Minimum reported value: 3 µg
Remarks: The analysis method yields an organic carbon and elemental carbon result. The sum of the two results yields the total carbon result. Sample results are corrected for the field blank. The field blank must be found on the same analysis request as the associated samples and must be from the same lot as the samples. It is advisable to report the presence of carbonates in the samples to the laboratory if carbonates are potentially present. IRSST method 388 is equivalent to the method NIOSH 5040: Diesel Particulate Matter, version 3 of March 15, 2003, published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

IRSST. "Détermination des particules de diesel (exprimée en Carbone total) dans l'air". Méthode 388. Méthodes analytiques. Montréal: IRSST, 2016. Non publiée.