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Title: Fiber-optic sensors for rapid, inexpensive characterization of soil and ground water contamination

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OSTI ID:10193090

The extent and complexity of worldwide environmental contamination are great enough that characterization, remediation, and performance monitoring will be extremely costly and lengthy. Characterization techniques that are rapid, inexpensive, and simple and that do not generate waste are urgently needed. Towards this end LLNL is developing a fiber-optic chemical sensor technology for use in groundwater and vadose-zone monitoring. We use a colorimetric detection technique, based on an irreversible chemical reaction between a specific reagent and the target compound. The accuracy and sensitivity of the sensor (<5 ppb by weight in water, determined by comparison with gas chromatographic standard measurements) are sufficient for environmental monitoring of trichloroethylene (TCE) and chloroform.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
10193090
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-118432; CONF-941152-1; ON: DE95002471
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference and exposition on petroleum hydrocarbons,Houston, TX (United States),2-4 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English