Mercury Analysis in Water – Which Containers Are Suitable

Posted by: chrisball | Posted on: March 29th, 2012 | 0 Comments

Generally speaking, the container shall not contaminate the sample as well as absorb mercury from the sample. Clean, and less porous is the criteria when it comes to choosing the containers. There are many types of containers such as quartz, glass, PE, HDPE, PP, PET and PTFE. They can all be used when treated properly. Our preference is however PP especially PTFE.