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Title: Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) system: Volume II, Appendices A and B. Final report

Abstract

The Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) provides a portable analytical system for the analysis of soils, ground water, and surface water for the detection of hazardous materials, metals, organics, and radioactive material. This report presents the data results for an aqueous sample VOA report and an aqueous sample SVOA report.

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Research Org.:
Engineering Computer Opteconomics, Inc., Annapolis, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
465899
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/29109-5312-Vol.2
ON: DE97002059; TRN: 97:002732
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-92MC29109
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
40 CHEMISTRY; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND WATER; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; SAMPLING; DATA; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL DATA

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Finger, S.M., De Avila, J.C., and Keith, V.F.. Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) system: Volume II, Appendices A and B. Final report. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/465899.
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Finger, S.M., De Avila, J.C., & Keith, V.F.. Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) system: Volume II, Appendices A and B. Final report. United States. doi:10.2172/465899.
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Finger, S.M., De Avila, J.C., and Keith, V.F.. Thu . "Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) system: Volume II, Appendices A and B. Final report". United States. doi:10.2172/465899. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/465899.
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@article{osti_465899,
title = {Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) system: Volume II, Appendices A and B. Final report},
author = {Finger, S.M. and De Avila, J.C. and Keith, V.F.},
abstractNote = {The Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) provides a portable analytical system for the analysis of soils, ground water, and surface water for the detection of hazardous materials, metals, organics, and radioactive material. This report presents the data results for an aqueous sample VOA report and an aqueous sample SVOA report.},
doi = {10.2172/465899},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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    The Road Transportable Analytical Laboratory (RTAL) provides a portabler laboratory for the analysis of soils, ground water, and surface water. This report presents data from a soils sample TCLP VOA and SVOA report, aqueous sample RCRA metals report, soils sample total and isotopic uranium report, SVOA sample analytical performance report, and and RCRA metal sample analytical performance report.

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