Method for predicting total petroleum hydrocarbon concentration in soils
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Jul 12, 2017
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Disclosed is a method for generating a site specific model for predicting TPH concentration in soil. The method includes dividing a plurality of soil samples taken from a field site into two sets of samples. One set is analyzed using GC-FID, and the other set is analyzed using a handheld FTIR spectrometer with an ATR window to obtain FTIR-ATR absorbance data. Partial least squares regression analysis is used to correlate the GC-FID TPH concentration data with the absorbance data to generate a calibration model. The model is validated with soil samples having unknown TPH concentration. The model is used to predict the TPH concentration of soil samples taken from the field site analyzed using the handheld Fourier transform-infrared spectrometer to obtain FTIR-ATR absorbance data for the soil samples. During all absorbance measurements, each of the soil samples has a moisture content of 1 to 30 wt % and each sample is pressed against the ATR window with sufficient pressure to ensure intimate contact between the sample and the window.
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