Sampling soil vapors to detect subsurface contamination: a case study and a field screening technique utilizing a 10-meter FTIR gas cell and PID in series

Jess S. Eldridge; Jeffrey W. Stock; William K. Reagen

doi:10.1117/12.166744

31 January 1994 Sampling soil vapors to detect subsurface contamination: a case study and a field screening technique utilizing a 10-meter FTIR gas cell and PID in series

Jess S. Eldridge, Jeffrey W. Stock, William K. Reagen

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Proceedings Volume 2089, 9th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166744
Event: Fourier Transform Spectroscopy: Ninth International Conference, 1993, Calgary, Canada

Abstract

A commercially available fieldable FTIR spectrometer configured with a 10 meter gas cell system was used in series with a hand-held photoionization detector to conduct a soil vapor survey. A primary purpose of the soil vapor survey was to evaluate the potential of this system as an extractive soil gas field screening technique. The soil gas survey was effected in conjunction with an on-site soil analysis study performed by a mobile laboratory. Soil gas and direct soil analyses data collected at depths of 3 - 7 feet from a selection of twenty bore holes were used to determine the extent of soil contamination at a manufacturing facility.

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Jess S. Eldridge, Jeffrey W. Stock, and William K. Reagen "Sampling soil vapors to detect subsurface contamination: a case study and a field screening technique utilizing a 10-meter FTIR gas cell and PID in series", Proc. SPIE 2089, 9th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, (31 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166744

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