Zeeman mercury analyzer RA-915+

An advanced mercury analyzer RA-915+ is a unique all-purpose high sensitivity analytical instrument for the environmental monitoring, especially for the real time detection of mercury vapor in air, mercury detection in water, natural and stack gases, oil and condensate, solid and sediments, foodstuff and so on.

The whole laboratory at your hand! An Advanced Mercury Analyzer RA-915+ Versatile analyzer for air, liquids and solids analysis in lab and field conditions Ultra low detection limit and the highest selectivity Real-time operation mode for air and gases Direct detection of mercury without pre-concentration steps in complex-matrix samples Wide dynamic measuring range Control by a keypad or by a computer State-of-the art software Data logger

Mercury is among most abundant environmental pollutants which adversely affects ecological systems and human beings. It shows high toxicity, mobility, and ability of accumulation in trophic chains of water and continental biocenosis. Therefore, it is recognized to be one of the most hazardous global environmental pollutants. 

Mercury penetrates into human organisms through breathing and with foodstuffs contaminated by methylated mercury (primarily, with fish and other seafoods). 

Laboratories involved in environmental monitoring and safeguarding public health care need means for rapid and reliable analysis of mercury contamination in the environment and human beings. 

Multifunctional portable mercury analyzer RA-915+ features a unique capability of performing direct, fast, and precise measurements of mercury vapor and mercury concentration in various media.

RA-915+ is an atomic absorption spectrometer, which employs the effect of the resonance radiation absorption by the mercury atoms.

• Proprietary scheme of the Zeeman correction for non-selective absorption provides high measurement accuracy irrespective of interfering factors, such as dust, aerosols, absorbing gases and vapors.
• Multipath cell with an effective optical length of 10 m provides the highest measurement sensitivity.

• Versatile analyzer for air, liquids and solids analysis in lab and field conditions
• Ultra low detection limit and the highest selectivity
• Real-time operation mode for air and gases
• Direct detection of mercury without pre-concentration steps in complex-matrix samples
• Wide dynamic measuring range
• Control by a keypad or by a computer
• State-of-the art software
• Data logger

Is based on the absorption of the 254-nm resonance radiation by mercury atoms using Zeeman correction for background absorption.

 THE RA-915+ PORTABLE MERCURY ANALYZER SYSTEM ENABLES COPING WITH ANY COMPLEX PROBLEMS INVOLVING MERCURY DETECTION IN NATURAL MEDIA AND IN TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS MONITORING. 

• Search and localization of indoor and outdoor mercury contamination in continuous air analysis mode, including those performed from moving vehicles
• Monitoring of a demercurization process involving any chemical reagents
• Quality assurance of the demercurization
• Mercury assaying in construction materials and surface wash-outs

• Screening examination of population
• Proximate analysis of biological objects (urine, blood, hair, and exhaled air)
• Finding out risk groups
• Instrumental monitoring of a mercury intoxication treatment and of the following rehabilitation

• Raw materials and industrial products
• Ecological and geochemical samples, biological objects, foodstuffs, cosmetics, and medical preparations
• Combustible deposits (hydrocarbon gases, natural gas condensate, oil, coal, peat, and shale oil)

• Study of mercury cycles of natural and technological origin
• Prospecting of mineral deposits
• Mercury assaying in

• Continuous background mercury vapor monitoring in the atmosphere
• Various ecological surveys of mercury haloes of technological origin and detection of emission sources

Equipment and options

PYRO-915+ attachment for liquid and solid samples

For software installation a PC is necessary. Minimal system requirements: Windows®-98, Pentium 120 MHz, 20 Mb RAM, Serial COM port.

Services 

Upon request installation and commissioning of RA-915+ analyzer can be carried out on Customer’s site by our service engineers. Consultations and initial training of attendance personnel with due account of Customer's specific needs are performed. Spare parts are delivered and repair is made immediately upon Customer’ request (free within the warranty period). 

Warranty 

All of the Lumex equipment is covered by a 12-months warranty.  

The RA-915+ mercury analyzer complies with EPA Methods 1631, 7470, and 7471 as well as with the OSHA and FDA requirements.

For more details, please, get acquainted yourself with the presentation: "Mercury determination with RA-915+. Àpplications."  (Download HG-applications.pdf 981Kb).