Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
2251708 
Technical Report 
Analysis of Nitroglycerine in Soils and on Mortar Fins Using GC-TID 
Hewitt, AD 
2002 
NTIS/02936106_a 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
A method of analysis for nitroglycerine (NG) in soil and on the surfaces of mortar fins (a common range scrap material) was developed using a field-portable gas chromatograph system. The method combines quick and simple sample preparation procedures with a rapid gas chromatographic (GC) analysis using a thermionic ionization detector (TID) that is selective for compounds containing nitro (NO2) functional groups. Very good agreement was observed among NG values established for splits of sample extracts by GC-TID and two accepted methods of analysis (high-performance liquid chromatography and GC electron capture). The method detection limit (MDL) for NG in soil established by GC-TID analysis was 0.1 mg/kg.