mercury instrument Articles
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Mercurycontamination detection in industrial premises
Summary Environmental pressures and subsequent legislation to control hazardous substances have seen a sharp decline in the use of mercury, although it remains an important chemical in many industrial processes and a wide range of products. This ongoing use and historic prevalence means that mercury contamination represents a significant hazard during decommissioning, demolition, repurposing or ...
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Indoor air quality problems – If it isn’t Mold, What is it?
Why are you experiencing indoor air quality problems? There are a number of employees in our office who have itchy, watery eyes, nasal congestion, headaches, lethargy, and trouble concentrating. Most of the affected folks report they feel better at home and worse after they’ve been in the office for about an hour. We had the office tested for mold but nothing remarkable was found. ...
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The Gasmet story from an academic idea to a global business
In this article, Dr Petri Jaakkola, founder and Chairman of Gasmet Technologies Oy explains how an idea shared by a group of researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland, during the early 1970s, developed into one of the world’s leading gas monitoring instrumentation manufacturers. Early history – technology development At first, the Finnish researchers understood that the ...
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Detecting Mercury in Water
Determination of Mercury (Hg) in Water by Hand-Held, Portable Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence SpectrometryWater is the most familiar and most abundant compound on Earth, making up 71% of its surface area.[1]It is a vital component for all known forms of life and is the aquatic habitat for thousands of species of microalgae, fish and shellfish. [2] With the presence of running water in our ...
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Mercury Analysis
Characteristics of Mercury What is Mercury? Mercury is a naturally occurring silver-colored metallic element noted for its occurrence as a liquid at room temperature and toxic to living organisms. This silvery, opaque liquid metal is very dense, yet has a high surface tension that causes it to form tiny perfect spheres in the pores of the rocks it is found in. It is designated with the chemical ...
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Continuous Mercury Monitoring Requires Reliable and High-Quality Systems with High Top-tier Sensitivity
In this blog post, we answer the most frequently asked questions about our fully optimized solutions for continuous monitoring of mercury emissions, CMM and CMM AutoQAL, our new continuous mercury monitoring system that has an EN 15267 certified, integrated and automatic QAL3 Validation Tool. 1. What is the detection limit of the CMM AutoQAL & CMM? Taking the dilution ratio into account, ...
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