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GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF AVIATION GASOLINE AND JP-4 JET FUEL IN SUBSURFACE CORE SAMPLES (JOURNAL VERSION)
Citation:
Vandegrift, S. AND D. Kampbell. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF AVIATION GASOLINE AND JP-4 JET FUEL IN SUBSURFACE CORE SAMPLES (JOURNAL VERSION). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-88/271.
Description:
A new gas chromatographic procedure for quantifying levels of aviation gasoline (avgas) and JP-4 jet fuel contamination in soils is described. The fuel is extracted from a small quantity of soil or subsurface material, typically about 6 g, using 3 mL of methylene chloride. The extract is analyzed by wide-bore capillary column gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. Advantages of the method are a short analysis time of 20 minutes, the use of small amounts of solvent, detection limit in the low parts-per-million range, and determination of the type of fuel contamination (i.e. avgas or jet fuel) by the chromatographic pattern or 'fingerprint.' (Copyright (c) 1988.)