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Re: Accelerant sampling timeline
Posted by:
John Lentini (IP Logged)
Date: July 01, 2017 08:55AM
Kerosene and diesel fuel (heavy petroleum distillates) persist indefinitely. I once poured kerosene on the ground outside my lab in GA. I could still smell it two years later. The only change was that the taller peaks got shorter because of microbial degradation.