Main Title |
Field demonstration for mobile FT-IR for detection of volatile organic chemicals / |
Author |
Fately, William G.,
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Research Information |
Year Published |
1990 |
Report Number |
EPA/600-S4-90-008 |
OCLC Number |
21946655 |
Subjects |
Organic compounds--Measurement
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 600-S4-90-008 |
In Binder |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
11/14/2018 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-S4-90-008 |
In Binder Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ELBD RPS |
EPA 600-S4-90-008 |
repository copy |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
09/05/2017 |
ELBD |
EPA 600-S4-90-008 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
04/25/1998 |
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Collation |
3 pages ; 28 cm |
Notes |
Caption title. At head of title: Project summary. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "May 1990." "EPA/600-S4-90-008." |
Contents Notes |
A mobile laboratory is now available to measure toxic compounds in the atmosphere. The mobility of this unit allows access to many sites in the continental United States. When this laboratory arrives at a designated site. a high resolution Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) intstrument is used to measure the toxic materials, or volatile organic compounds, in the atmosphere. The site could be a landfill, lagoon, industrial site, chemical spill or any area where atmospheric pollution occurs. The FT-IR instrument is capable of identifying and quantifying atmospheric molecules at the parts per billion (ppb) level. The path observed by this instrument could be as small as a few meters, or as large as 600 meters in length, nearly 2,000 feet. Recently, the chemicals emitted at an idustrial site have been identified at distances of up to 0.3 miles. |