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Title: Field screening of polycyclic hydrocarbons contamination in soil using a portable synchronous scanning spectrofluorometer

Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) contamination is a considerable problem at various hazardous waste sites. Sources of PAH contamination include incomplete combustion processes, wood preservatives, and the fuel industry (1). The development of rapid, cost-effective field screening techniques to qualitate or quantitate potential PAH contamination could result in improved remediation efficiency. We have recently developed a portable spectrofluorometer (2) for screening potential PAH contaminants at field sites using the synchronous fluorescence approach. In this paper, the portable spectrofluorometer was used to field screen several contaminated soil areas located at the Morristown Industrial Site in Morristown, Tennessee using the synchronous fluorescence technique. An attempt to quantify PAH contamination was performed using the NIST 1647a Priority pollutant standard to generate a calibration curve. Representative samples were subsequently related to the results obtained from standard laboratory measurements.

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ;  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  2. International Waste Management Systems, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Environmental Systems Corp., Knoxville, TN (United States)
  4. US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (United States). National Exposure Research Lab.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
102522
Report Number(s):
CONF-9506235-4
ON: DE95016347
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on environmental monitors and hazardous waste site remediation, Munich (Germany), 19-23 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DETECTION; SOILS; REMEDIAL ACTION; POLLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT

Citation Formats

Alarie, J P, Watts, W, Vo-Dinh, Tuan, Miller, D, Hyfantis, G, Peeler, G, and Engelmann, W H. Field screening of polycyclic hydrocarbons contamination in soil using a portable synchronous scanning spectrofluorometer. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Alarie, J P, Watts, W, Vo-Dinh, Tuan, Miller, D, Hyfantis, G, Peeler, G, & Engelmann, W H. Field screening of polycyclic hydrocarbons contamination in soil using a portable synchronous scanning spectrofluorometer. United States.
Alarie, J P, Watts, W, Vo-Dinh, Tuan, Miller, D, Hyfantis, G, Peeler, G, and Engelmann, W H. 1995. "Field screening of polycyclic hydrocarbons contamination in soil using a portable synchronous scanning spectrofluorometer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/102522.
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title = {Field screening of polycyclic hydrocarbons contamination in soil using a portable synchronous scanning spectrofluorometer},
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abstractNote = {Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) contamination is a considerable problem at various hazardous waste sites. Sources of PAH contamination include incomplete combustion processes, wood preservatives, and the fuel industry (1). The development of rapid, cost-effective field screening techniques to qualitate or quantitate potential PAH contamination could result in improved remediation efficiency. We have recently developed a portable spectrofluorometer (2) for screening potential PAH contaminants at field sites using the synchronous fluorescence approach. In this paper, the portable spectrofluorometer was used to field screen several contaminated soil areas located at the Morristown Industrial Site in Morristown, Tennessee using the synchronous fluorescence technique. An attempt to quantify PAH contamination was performed using the NIST 1647a Priority pollutant standard to generate a calibration curve. Representative samples were subsequently related to the results obtained from standard laboratory measurements.},
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year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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