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| laurel_mire | "Thanks to all who have contributed to this question! I didn't know about the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method but found a good overview ..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Of you go to a commercial lab...quite expensive. There is one commercial instrument maker that is very good at donating ( or at least dramatically..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| liz | "This note doesn't fully capture the information shared by Randall Auston, Chief of the Spill Response Program, Region 2 (NY City), Division of Envi..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "Yes, you are correct that a GC could answer your question.. you could send it to a lab, not sure how expensive that would be. " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| Ag8n | "My purpose is strictly to measure. The cleanup part is not my strong point, so it must be left to someone else. But to go on with the testing. T..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "Do you want to test the oil first and then figure out how to clean it up? what are your objectives? " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Others are better trained on how to soak up absorb the oil than me. Yes, I had some training. But only on a lab scale. It wouldn't work for the ..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| liz | "Do you think you want to try to identify the weight of the oil and maybe find the likely sources in order to try to reduce how much is leaking, or ..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| superslot89 | "You must have been practicing " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Ok. The last time I did this test was quite a few years ago. So there is probably something better, now. The quick test was called "oil and greas..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| eustatic | "Looking through NRC through Jan 1 2000, I have found 632 cars, from 125 incidents, that are likely candidates. I have found 514 cars from 71 incid..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| eustatic | "John Amos of Skytruth.org graciously looked this up on PlanetScope imagery, and got a before and after. "Although it seems highly unlikely, this s..." | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
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| eustatic | "NRC list of SEQNOS, 2010-2021 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rCoHnETFjOQfeVTuPjGnlWakk0X0JS6mYyxxCanq8N4/edit#gid=0 [graph:/i/44799] " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| eustatic | "A third question is, is this visible on MODIS or other satellite imagery? " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
| ggmservices | "Just boil the water and you will get rid off all the microbes " | Read more » | over 1 year ago | |||
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