Market profile: mercury analyzers.Included in the larger category of element analyzers, mercury analyzers test for trace amounts of this metal in solid, liquid and gas mediums. There are several different types of mercury analysis techniques, including: atomic absorption spectroscopy In analytical chemistry, Atomic absorption spectroscopy is a technique for determining the concentration of a particular metal element in a sample. Atomic absorption spectroscopy can be used to analyse the concentration of over 62 different metals in a solution. ; atomic fluorescence spectroscopy; and cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. The majority of product offerings are for laboratory use, however, there are some portable field models. PerkinElmer is one of the many companies participating in the mercury analysis market with its two Flow Injection Mercury Systems, the FIMS-100 and the FIMS-400. Another is LECO, with its AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call. 254 Advanced Mercury Analyzer available in three different models. Finally, CETAC CETAC Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Programs Center (US Army) CETAC Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Centre Technologies manufactures the QuickTrace M-7500 Mercury Analyzer, which is based on its original M600A mercury analyzer, and also offers an ADX-500 autodilution accessory. Mercury analyzers are used in many different industries, such as petroleum, coal, sanitation and food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. for applications such as quality control and measuring combustion residue. Some analyzers even test for the presence of mercury in blood and tissue. However, mercury analyzers experience the highest demand in the environmental industry. The high demand is largely due to new EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. pollution regulations regarding allowable levels of mercury in the environment, as well as revisions and expansions to EPA testing methods. The new Revision E of Method 1631 allows for the detection of mercury in filtered and unfiltered water by oxidation, purge and trap, desorption Desorption A process in which atomic and molecular species residing on the surface of a solid leave the surface and enter the surrounding gas or vacuum. and cold-vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS CVAFS Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry CVAFS Cold Vapor Atmospheric Fluorescence Spectrometry ). Instruments approved for the CVAS application include the Tekran series 2600, Brooks-Rand Model III and the Hydra AF Goldplus from Leeman Labs. Another mercury regulation in the works is President Bush's Clear Skies resolution introduced in July of this year, which would force power plants to limit mercury emissions to 26 tons by 2010 and 15 tons by 2018. The total initial systems market value for mercury analyzers is currently about $18 million. The market for mercury analyzers is set to grow at over 10% in 2003. |
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