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Field-proven transportable GC/MS: Real-world case studies and success stories

Conference ·
OSTI ID:276432
 [1];  [2]
  1. Viking Instruments Corp., Chantilly, VA (United States)
  2. Environmental Resources Management, Inc., Exton, PA (United States)

Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has evolved into being the preferred technique for analyzing challenging environmental samples in complex matrices. The authors present case studies and successes achieved in applying a field-proven, fully transportable GC/MS system that is conveniently deployed to perform on-site GC/MS analyses with results equivalent to benchtop laboratory systems. This on-site GC/MS analytical capability provides real-time, decision-quality data, while reducing sample handling delays, minimizing laboratory analysis costs, and eliminating sample degradation so that analytical results accurately represent actual on-site conditions. A confidential site in the northeastern US was characterized as having shallow soil PCB contamination.

OSTI ID:
276432
Report Number(s):
CONF-950209--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English