Field screening of soils contaminated with explosives using ion mobility spectrometry
- Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., Hanover, NH (United States)
Soils contaminated with explosives constitute a problem at DOE facilities and Army installations. Because explosives in soil are often heterogeneously distributed and require high density sampling, field screening is essential to characterize sites more quickly, economically and accurately. Current immunoassay and colorimetric field screening procedures have proven useful, but have significant per sample costs and limited throughput. At present, several field screening are available for TNT in soil, three procedures for RDX, and one procedure for 2,4-DNTand ammonium picrate/picric acid (AP/PA). Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has been used to detect explosives in air at ppt levels, but limited work has been done to apply the technique to quantify explosives in soils. The objective of this study has been to evaluate the utility of IMS as a screening technique for quantifying explosive residues in soils.
- Research Organization:
- Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- OSTI ID:
- 379003
- Report Number(s):
- INEL-96/00052; CONF-9605208-1; CONF-9607123-4; ON: DE96014124
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Tri-service environmental technology workshop, Hershey, PA (United States); Washington, DC (United States), 20-22 May 1996; 22-24 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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