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title: Rapid Screening of Benzene and Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil Samples Using Portable Gas Chromatography with Photoionization Detection
description: "Tsvetan Popov, PhD, CIH, CSP - tpopov@ucmo.edu
Associate Professor, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri"
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# [Rapid Screening of Benzene and Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil Samples Using Portable Gas Chromatography with Photoionization Detection](https://bcspshift.com/shift-articles/rapid-screening-of-benzene-and-aromatic-hydrocarbons-in-soil-samples-using-portable-gas-chromatography-with-photoionization-detection-1)

 Written by [SHIFT](https://bcspshift.com/shift-articles/author/shift) | Feb 17, 2026 7:16:24 PM

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