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Soil Sampling

  • Bottom Dredge

    AMS bottom dredges are primarily designed for sampling sand and silt, but can be made to sample most types of non-cohesive material, except hard-packed clay. They provide samples from which the sediment profile can be described.

    Description:

    A bottom sampling dredge consists of two halves of a relatively small box. The dredge is placed onto the bottom sediment, then closed and pulled up to retrieve a sample. A two-way mechanism prevents accidental closure while the dredge is dropping. The impact of the dredge on the bottom surface triggers the spring-loaded release mechanism.

    Quick Specs:

  • Dormer Piston Sampler

    The Piston Sampler is suitable for sampling less cohesive soil layers (sand) below the groundwater table. The piston sampler soil testing method is also suitable for sampling sediments with a sand content.

    Description:

    The Piston Sampler is used to take undisturbed samples from water-saturated soils like marine mud & silty sand. For those wondering piston sampler is used for which type of soil, it is commonly used for water-saturated, soft, and less cohesive soils where obtaining undisturbed samples is important. It operates on the same principle as the fisherman’s bait pump. That is, you push down on the outer tube simultaneously as you pull up on the piston. The piston is held in position while the tube is removed from the hole.
  • Hand Auger

    Description:

    Hand Augers with quick fit connections are available with accessories for regular, mud/clay and sandy soils .

  • MiniRae 3000

    Measures volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in real time.

    Description:

    MiniRAE 3000 is a handheld volatile organic compound (VOC) monitor.

    Its photoionization detector’s (PID) extended range of 0 to 15,000 ppm makes it an ideal instrument for applications from industrial hygiene to leak detection and HazMat.

    Quick Specs:

    • Detection range of 0 to 15,000 ppm.
    • Correction factors for over 200 VOCs built in.
    • Supplied with standard 10.6 eV lamp (other lamps available, 9.8eV and 11.7eV).
    • Field calibratable
    MiniRae 3000 Pocket Reference:( 10-01-2017) Download Pdf