In situ field screening for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons with a portable spectrofluorometer at a Superfund site near Jackson, Tennessee
- Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Co., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Advanced Monitoring Development Group
The US Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA) Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada (EMSL-LV) is currently evaluating the use of scanning ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) fluorescence as a field screening technology. A prototype field-portable spectrofluorometer capable of excitation, emission, and synchronous scans has been developed and was field tested at the American Creosote Works Superfund site. The UV-vis fluorescence spectra of various polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were clearly seen in the synchronous spectra of soil samples extracted on site. Split soil samples were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy and by immunoassay methods. Although a comparison of results with these other methods has not been completed, the synchronous fluorescence method shows promise in that analytical results have the potential to provide compound- or class-selective results and can be immediately available on-site at a reasonable cost.
- OSTI ID:
- 78017
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9406319-; TRN: IM9531%%67
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat `94: international environmental management and technology conference and exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 15-17 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of HazMat 94 international. Twelfth annual environmental management and technology conference international: Proceedings; PB: 696 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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