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The Use of Industrial Hygiene Samplers for Soil‐Gas Surveying
Author(s) -
Kerfoot Henry B.,
Mayer Cynthia L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1986.tb01036.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , plume , chloroform , soil water , environmental chemistry , soil gas , soil test , environmental engineering , soil science , chemistry , geography , meteorology , chromatography
Abstract Soil‐gas surveying by the use of a passive sampler which allows quantitative determination of concentrations of volatile organic compounds and remote analysis of samples is described. The results of a survey using the sampler above a chloroform ground water plume are compared to ground water analysis results and to results from a previous soil‐gas study above the same plume. Chloroform concentrations measured with passive samplers correlate well (r = 0.79, n = 6; r = 0.93, n = 7) with the other two techniques. The short‐range variability of the technique is characterized by a coefficiet of variation of 12 percent over a 27‐foot distance for nine samplers, and compares favorably with grab‐sample results at the same location.