Bring Direct Mercury Analysis into Your Lab

DMA-80 Direct mercury analyser is designed to eliminate sample prep and memory effect problems and yield accurate, reproducible results in less than six minutes, consequently increasing the productivity of the lab while drastically reducing costs.

Most labs planning to bring direct mercury analysis in house consider four factors:

• Will it improve the current process?
• Can it justify the financial investment?
• Will clients be willing to switch to direct analysis
• What regulatory processes would be involved to get approved for direct analysis?

The DMA-80 can analyse solid, liquid and gas samples with equal precision over a wide dynamic range. Analysis takes only five minutes per sample and requires no sample preparation so the need for any acid digestion or wet chemistry sample treatment is eliminated. This means ease of use, low running costs and no need for hazardous chemicals to purchase, handle and dispose. Moreover, the typical bottleneck in the analytical laboratory is eliminated and also the costs usually associated with traditional mercury techniques, such as CV-AAS, ICP-AES or ICP-MS.

The DMA-80 cost of analysis is minimised thanks to the speed of analysis, catalyst and amalgamator long lifetime, sample boats durability and the possibility of using air as combustion and carrier gas.

The DMA-80 uses the principle of thermal decomposition, mercury amalgamation and atomic absorption detection. It is extremely easy to use: Just weigh your sample, load it onto the built-in auto-sampler and press ‘start’.

Combining an innovative mercury measuring system with a unique optical path spectrophotometer, the DMA-80 achieves a detection limit as low as 0,001 nanograms of mercury and is capable of measuring up to a concentration of 300 mg/kg (300 ppm).

All the DMA-80 components are easily accessible for routine cleaning and maintenance.

The DMA-80 can be operated through a touch screen terminal or by using a standard PC. The EasyCONTROL software controls all the system functions, and provides valuable feedback on the instrument’s performances.

The DMA-80 has been used to develop the US EPA method 7473 (Mercury in solids and solutions by thermal decomposition, amalgamation, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry).

It is furthermore compliant with ASTM method D-6722-01 (Total mercury in coal and coal combustion residues) and ASTM method D-7623-10 (Total mercury in crude oil).

DMA-80 Benefits

Productive

• Typical sample analysis time is five minutes, with no need for acid digestion or other wet chemistry sample treatment prior to analysis.

Sensitive

• An innovative mercury measuring system with a unique optical path spectrophotometer offers extremely low detection limits.

Efficient

• Both solid and aqueous samples can be analysed with equal efficiency. A single method can be used to process organic and inorganic samples.

Convenient

• A built-in auto-sampler and easy push-button operation is appropriate for both laboratory and field settings.

Cost-Effective

• More than 70% in cost savings as compared to traditional mercury analysis techniques.

Flexible

• Easily upgraded from the basic dual-cell to tri-cell or wide-range configurations as needed.
• Add-on module available for gas analysis.

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