Environment:
Soil
On-site soil VOC monitoring.
Applications: On-site VOC monitoring
The Geoprobe MIP system is a modern technique for soil VOCs sampling and monitoring. The system combines a Membrane Inlet Probe (MIP) and a GC-ECD/FID. The Geoprobe MIP is a driller equipped with a heated membrane inlet. When the probe is pushed underground, VOCs in the soil permeate through the membrane, leaving the water behind. A Nitrogen stream is delivered to the probe to bring the VOCs back to the GC-ECD/FID. In conventional operation, when the GC-ECD/FID signal rises, the nitrogen carrier gas is collected in a Tedlar® bag and sent to a GCMS laboratory for analysis of hazardous compounds.
When Geoprobe MIP is connected to an MS200, it becomes an on-site soil contaminant sampling and analysis system. MS200 is a high performance TOF mass spectrometer; it can do the qualification and quantification of VOCs in seconds. When the driller is pushing down, we can easily obtain the compound and concentration information as a function of the soil depth.
The following work was carried out by our distributor in Taiwan, Green River Technology.
EXPERIMENT
Objectives
The aim was to use the Geoprobe MIP system in conjunction with the Kore MS-200 in order to monitor the following chlorinated compounds in underground soil:
- Chloroform
- Chlorobenzene
- Trichloroethylene
- Tetrachloroethene
- Dichloromethane
- 1.2-chloroethane
- 1.1.2-trichloroethane
MS200 configuration
Sampling time:
20sec
Mass Range:
1-300amu
Sample preparation for calibration
They prepared 4 different concentrations of chlorinated compounds in a 50L water tank. They then immersed the MIP into the water tank, allowing them to then obtain the calibration curve of each compound.
Results
We found that there is roughly a ratio of 1000 between the concentration in water (ppm) and the vapour concentration measured by the MS-200 (ppb).
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