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Milestone mercury analyser

The DMA-80 Mercury Analyser effortlessly analyses liquid and solid samples without sample digestion or wet chemistry pre-treatment steps, and without any waste disposal. Sample analysis is performed in 5 minutes and up to 40 samples can be automatically processed in less than 4 hours. An intuitive controller uploads sample weights, controls the analysis and processes data with built-in report generation and networking capabilities

Features

• Easy routine determination of mercury in difficult sample matrices

• Eliminates the need for sample preparation (no wet chemistry!)

• Results in approximately 5 minutes with analysis independent of matrix

• Detection limit of tri-cell system 0.0015ng Hg

• Integral 40 position autosampler for high-throughput, unattended operation

• Quartz sample boats for automated analysis of aqueous samples

Liquid or solid samples are introduced into the DMA-80 Mercury Analyser autosampler. Prior to combustion, the sample is initially dried in an oxygen stream passing through a quartz tube located inside a controlled heating coil. The combustion gases are further decomposed on a catalytic column at 750 °C. Mercury vapour is collected on a gold amalgamation trap and subsequently desorbed for quantitation. Mercury content is determined using atomic absorption spectrometry at 254 nm, and the results are displayed using a Pentium-based control terminal

The large touch-screen interface provides easy, graphical interaction and allows manual operation of the instrument, as well as pre-programmed, unattended automatic operation. Parameters can be changed in the middle of a sample run and there is no need to wait for an entire queue of samples to be processed.
A typical peak profile resulting from analysis is shown where the 1st peak corresponds to the long pathlength flow cell and Hg content up to 20 ng. The instrument determines the absolute amount of Hg (normally expressed in ng), and then the software calculates its concentration in the sample.
The 2nd peak corresponds to the short pathlength flow cell and Hg content in the range of 20-1000 ng..The software measures the height, the half width and the area of the absorbance peak, that assists in both method development and troubleshooting. Data can be easily exported into a spreadsheet.

Secure electronic data keeping made easy with Milestone's software that fully complies with CFR 21 part 11

• Easily identifiable data files

• Automatic storage of data

• Complete documentation

• Editable process parameters for individual samples

Sequence of Operation

Intuitive EasyControl software

Control terminals and data analysis