Multiphased use of an X-MET 880 XRF to survey lead in soil at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
An X-ray fluorescence spectrometer was used in a multiphased approach to analyze soil samples for lead contamination. The objectives of this investigation were to characterize the spatial distribution of lead contamination, identify two areas of surficial soil with elevated lead concentrations (hot-spots), and quantify subsurface soil contamination at the hot-spots to evaluate the vertical migration of lead. Phase I consisted of using non-site-specific standards to calibrate the XRF instrument to qualitatively and semi-quantitatively assess lead contamination (Type I XRF analysis). Phase III involved selecting soil samples for off-site SW-846 analysis and using the results to develop a calibration model based on site-specific calibration standards (SSCS). The XRF was used in Phase III to obtained quantitative results (Type II XRF analysis).
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- OSTI ID:
- 116667
- Report Number(s):
- INEL-95/00040; CONF-950209-12; ON: DE96001628; TRN: 95:023344
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. international symposium on field screening methods for hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 22-24 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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