Experimental Evaluation of Selected Field Portable Instrumentation for the Quantitative Determination of Contaminant Levels in Soil and Water at Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Abstract

The purpose of the work described in this report was to evaluate two instrumental systems for use under field conditions at the Army's Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The two systems were a portable gas chromatograph (GC), for the determination of volatile organic constituents in water and soil, and a portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) unit, for the determination of selected elemental contamination in water and soil. Laboratory evaluation studies indicated that the particular portable GC chosen for use was insufficiently reliable to be used in a field setting, and so the remainder of the effort was placed on the evaluation of the portable XRF system. Keywords: Field tests; Environmental tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217866

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  • C. K. Bayne
  • Carl V. Thompson
  • F. F. Dyer
  • R. A. Jenkins
  • R. L. Moody

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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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