Feasibility Study of Preparing Performance Evaluation Soils for Analyzing Volatile Organic Compounds

Abstract

Vapor fortification, an alternative method for spiking soils with volatile organic compounds for quality assurance/quality control, was improved by minimizing the effects of numerous variables. The procedure developed resulted in average analytes concentrations for triplicate test samples that were not significantly different among three separate fortification treatments, and had relative standard deviations within each treatment of less than 9%, for three of the four analytes tested. The advantages of using vapor fortification instead of the conventional liquid injection methods are discussed. Performance evaluation soils, Vapor fortification, Pollution control, Volatile organic compounds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266410

Entities

People

  • Alan D. Hewitt

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Weight
  • Boiling Point
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Classification
  • Diffusion
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Protection
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Materials
  • Organic Compounds
  • Quality Control
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

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