Fiscal Year:
1987
Title:
"SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION OF NON-VOLATILES FROM AQUEOUS AND NON-AQUEOUS MATRICES--A SAMPLE PREPARATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THEFIELD AND LAB"
Agency:
EPA
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$50,000.00
Abstract:
SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION, A CURRENTLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY MAY BE USED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE PREPARATION. THE PRESENT METHODLOGY OF LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION IS NOT PRAC- TICAL IN THE FIELD. MANY INVESTIGATORS HAVE STUDIED SOLID- PHASE EXTRACTION. HOWEVER, THESE WORKS ARE LIMITED TO NAR- ROW CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS. NO OVERALL METHODOLOGY IS AVAILA-BLE FOR PREPARING A SAMPLE CONTAMINATED WITH MULTIPLE CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS (I.E., PRIORITY, POLLUTANTS, ACIDS, PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, ETC.). AN OVERALL METHODOLOGY WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR PREPARING ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES CON- TAMINATED WITH "NON-VOLATILES" APPLICABLE TO BOTH SOILS AND WATERS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE ESTABLISH-ING RECOVERIES OF SPIKED COMPOUNDS FORM VARIOUS MATRICES. THE NOVELTY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THE ABILITY T EXTRACT NON-VOLATILES FROM SOLID MATRICES UNDER FIELD CON- DITIONS AND ENABLE REDUCTION OF LARGE SOLVENT USE FOR SAMPLEPREPARATION, THUS REFUCING WASTE GENERATION BY LABS (I.E., SMALL GENERATORS).
Principal Investigator:
Paul r loconto
9142212485
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Nanco Labs Inc
Rd #6 Robinson Lane Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
N/A
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No