TOC (Total Organic Carbon) definition

TOC (Total Organic Carbon) means a measure of the amount of organic material in a water or waste expressed in milligrams of carbon per liter of solution. Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest USEPA-approved edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.

Examples of TOC (Total Organic Carbon) in a sentence

  • Recovery of the product from a stainless steel surface and evaluation of cleaning are monitored by TOC (Total Organic Carbon) analysis which, while lacking the specificity of methods such as BPLC, compensates by virtue of its sensitivity.