ECOPROBE 5 - rs dynamics
ECOPROBE 5 - rs dynamics
ECOPROBE 5 - rs dynamics
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The main applications of <strong>ECOPROBE</strong> 5 are fast mapping, monitoring and delineating<br />
contaminated areas, and identifying the contaminant sources and migration paths. Measuring<br />
by means of <strong>ECOPROBE</strong> 5 is fast and economical and eliminates the expensive laboratory<br />
analysis of spectrally known and identical samples.<br />
As many as one hundred stations can be measured in a day. Resulting contour or wire-frame<br />
maps take only minutes to construct using advanced <strong>ECOPROBE</strong> 5 data logging system in<br />
combination with <strong>ECOPROBE</strong>_VIEW communication software and graphic software Surfer for<br />
Windows.<br />
<strong>ECOPROBE</strong> 5 measures the concentration of a contaminant vapor phase in a subsurface soil<br />
environment. These values are proportional to the contaminant concentration but cannot<br />
exactly define the precise amount of liquid contaminant present in the soil. Once the impacted<br />
area is surveyed, it is recommended that a sample be taken where the highest contamination<br />
was recorded and also several samples from the boundary of the contaminated area (Fig.1) for<br />
a laboratory analysis to determine the concentration range of the contaminant.<br />
Fig. 1 - Five samples for laboratory investigation were taken from the above area where 250<br />
stations were measured using <strong>ECOPROBE</strong> 5 for fast surveying of the contaminated site.<br />
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