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Alarie, J., W. Watts, T. Vo-Dinh, AND W. Engelmann. FIELD SCREENING OF POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN SOIL USING A PORTABLE SYNCHRONOUS SCANNING SPECTROFLUOROMETER. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-95/108 (NTIS PB95274247), 1995.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (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. he development of rapid, cost-effective field screening techniques to identify potential PAH contamination could result in improved remediation efficiency. e have recently developed a portable spectrofluorometer for screening potential PAH contaminants at field sites using the synchronous fluorescence approach. he portable spectrofluorometer was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. EPA and recently field tested at the American Creosote Works Superfund Site in Jackson, Tennessee. he unit demonstrated the capability for screening PAH contamination in @oil samples and also provided fingerprint identification of specific groups of contaminants. ot spots could be readily identified on-site following measurements performed in 10-15 minutes. n this paper, the portable spectrofluorometer was used to field screen several contaminated soil areas located at the Morristown Industrial Site in Morristown, Tennessee. n attempt to quantify PAH contamination was performed using the NIST 1647a Priority Pollutant PAH standard to generate a calibration curve. epresentative samples were subsequently related to the results obtained from standard laboratory measurements.

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