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Characterization of Chromium‐ Contaminated Soils Using Field‐Portable X‐Ray Fluorescence
Author(s) -
Puls Robert W.,
Clark Donald A.,
Carlson Clark,
Vardy James
Publication year - 1994
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.1745-6592.1994.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - soil water , x ray fluorescence , chromium , soil test , characterization (materials science) , environmental science , coring , environmental chemistry , contamination , inductively coupled plasma , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , soil science , fluorescence , drilling , ecology , physics , plasma , quantum mechanics , biology , nanotechnology
A detailed characterization of the underlying and adjacent soils near a chrome plating shop utilized field‐portable X‐ ray fluorescence (XRF) as a screening tool. XRF permitted real‐time acquisition of estimates for total metal content of soils. A trailer‐mounted soil coring unit was used to recover soil samples for XRF analyses. This approach minimized the number of samples required for adequate characterization of the chromium distribution in the soils at the site and permitted immediate delineation of source‘hot spots.’The nondestructive nature of the XRF analyses permitted correlation analysis using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) techniques. Correlation between XRF and ICP was very good (r 2 = 0.95) but the XRF analyses underestimated the total chromium concentrations, probably because of inappropriate calibration samples.