• iacopo Written by Iacopo Avolio, Application Specialist | 22 February 2024

Efficient laboratory workflows for greater ROI with direct mercury analysis


Efficient laboratory workflows for greater ROI with direct mercury analysis

CVAA VERSUS DIRECT MERCURY ANALYSIS

Many laboratories around the world are currently using traditional techniques like Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption to analyze the mercury content for various matrices such as soils, sediments, fish. Determination of total mercury content using CVAA technique requires traditionally labor intensive and time consuming sample preparation steps, which could lead to Hg losses.
With the cost of reagents and their disposal continually rising, it is important for laboratories to find more cost effective ways to do mercury analysis. With this in mind, Milestone has created a cost comparison to show the benefits of using our DMA-80 evo Direct Mercury Analyzer, which doesn’t require any preliminary step, offers more than double the productivity of traditional cold vapor techniques at a fraction of the cost and is suitable for a wide range of samples.
DMA-80 evoCV-AA
Calibration during analysis
63$ / DORM3
Valid for thousands of samples
62.37$ /EPA Method 7471B
Daily calibration is required
Time per sample
See table 1
6 minutes
12 minutes
Daily sample analysis
80 samples
40 samples
Labor cost
Based on 8-hour workday*
160$
160$
Labor cost per sample
* Labor cost at $20/h
2$
4$
Reagent cost per sample
0.30$
4.50$
Reagent cost per day
Based on 80 samples
24$
180$
Total cost
Labor cost + calibration + reagents
273$ for DMA-80 evo
direct mercury analyzer
considering all the three
562.37$
for CV-AA system considering all the three
Total cost per sample
2.30$ for DMA-80 evo
direct mercury analyzer
considering all the three
8.50$
for CV-AA system considering all the three
time comparison

Total saving per sample: 6.20$!

Total saving per sample: 496$!

The DMA-80 evo offers a monthly cost saving of 9920$ compared to CVAA!

DMA-80 evo

The DMA-80 mercury determination system can analyze any matrix (solid, liquid or gas) without any pre-treatment or chemical additions in as few as 6 minutes in full compliance with EPA method 7473.
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"We are completely satisfied with the stability and reliability of the results with our two DMA-80 evo direct mercury analyzers"
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