Soil Gas Sample Handling: Evaluation of Water Removal and Sample Ganging
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Soil gas sampling is currently conducted in support of Nuclear Test Ban treaty verification. Soil gas samples are collected and analyzed for isotopes of interest. Some issues that can impact sampling and analysis of these samples are excess moisture and sample processing time. Here we discuss three potential improvements to the current sampling protocol; a desiccant for water removal, use of molecular sieve to remove CO2 from the sample during collection, and a ganging manifold to allow composite analysis of multiple samples.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1405062
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-26196; 453040356
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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