Pollutants e.g. inorganic and/or organic compounds, monitoring method, involves processing number of neutrons by microprocessor, from which type and quantity of pollutants are determined, after being conveyed to computer after digitization
The method involves illuminating a soil and/or liquid medium with fast neutrons of high energy from an artificial neutron source (7) of a stationary probe (3). The neutrons are decelerated and captured by pollutants e.g. inorganic and/or organic compounds. The number of thermal neutrons is registered and conveyed to a computer (14) after digitization, and is processed by a microprocessor, from which type and quantity of the pollutants are continuously determined. An alarm (15) for intervention is released, when a determined value exceeds a permissible limit value. An independent claim is also included for a device for continuous monitoring of pollutants in a soil and/or liquid medium.
