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Hydraulic oil and coolant lines often run through the fuel tanks of aircraft and it is near impossible to detect a leak without specialized testing. Currently the only testing that exists for this is GCMS which can be costly and time consuming based on how far away a capable laboratory is. When there is a suspected leak, the aircraft is grounded until the contamination can be confirmed or remediated and this can be very costly to both commercial and military aviation operations. A portable spectrometer capable of detecting hydraulic oils and coolants that have leaked into jet fuels would greatly benefit the commercial and military aviation communities.