CETAC Technologies .:. Mercury Analyzers - QuickTrace M-8000 Mercury Analyzer

Worldwide leader in sample handling & sample introduction equipment for elemental analysis.

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QuickTrace M-8000 Mercury Analyzer

The QuickTrace™ M-8000 Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence mercury analyzer is ideal for ultra-trace to sub-ppm mercury quantitation.

The QuickTrace™ M-8000 mercury analyzer easily achieves the ultra-trace mercury detection limit of < 0.05 ppt demanded by customers employing EPA method 1631. The QuickTrace™ M-8000 is also versatile enough to analyze samples > 400 ppb without dilution.

Depending on your laboratory’s requirements, the QuickTrace™ M-8000 mercury analyzer supports three modes of operation:

Mode 1: Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy (CVAFS)

Mode 2: Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy Single Gold Trap Amalgamation (CVAFS-SGTA)

Mode 3: Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy Double Gold Trap Amalgamation (CVAFS-DGTA)

The standard QuickTrace™ M-8000 supports all three modes; the QuickTrace™ M-8000 NG supports only Mode 1. The mode can be changed in software, without hardware or tubing configuration changes.

Why is it so important to have a system that switches between ultra trace analysis and low ppm analysis with only the opening of a new method? These innovative features save you set up time and eliminate costly mistakes.

We also employ cost saving features during the gold trap desorption such as shutting down the flowing rinse and slowing the SnCl₂ flow. These innovative features can save the laboratory thousands of dollars per year by reducing reagent and waste costs.

Using the proven cold vapor atomic fluorescence (CVAF) technique combined with multi-tasking Windows® based QuickTrace™ software package, the QuickTrace™ M-8000 is one of the most stable reliable fluorescence analyzer available today.

Testimonials

"The CETAC M-8000 mercury instrument is certainly the most robust well engineered mercury instrument I have ever seen. It's hardware components have been selected without compromise. The software is equally well done and very easy to use. I am glad to see a company run by quality oriented scientists and not penny pinching MBA's."
Gerald E. Moore
Sr. Associate Chemist Analytical
Customer Quality Assurance
PPG Industries

Performance

Excellent short and long term stability are found in our QuickTrace™ M-8000 CVAF analyzer. Less than 0.02 ppt instrument detection limits are typical for the QuickTrace™ M-8000 gold trap modes utilizing less than 25 ml of sample. We consistently achieve non-gold trap instrument detection limits of less than 0.1 ppt utilizing less than 10 ml of sample.

Ultra-trace detection limits (< 0.05 ppt IDL)
Linearity greater than 4 orders of magnitude
Dynamic range < 0.05 ppt to > 400 ppb
In Mode 1 by response comparison to a 100 ppt standard, the system exhibits < 0.01% memory effect of a 1 ppm standard immediately following the ingestion of a 1 part per million (ppm) sample.
In Mode 1 without
employing our smart rinse technology the system is ready to accurately measure a sample within four minutes following the ingestion of a 1 ppm sample
Mode 2 & 3 - Short term precision (%RSD @ 95% Confidence) < 1.7% @ 5 ppt, n=5

Key Features

U.S. EPA 1631 and U.S. EPA 245.7 compliant
European standard EN-13506 and EN-12338 compatible
Full computer control of instrument parameters
Patented non-foaming gas liquid separator (GLS)
Reagent saving gold trap stand-by routine
GLS overflow protection
Ozone free low vapor pressure mercury excitation lamp
Smart rack technology
Filtered photo multiplier tube detection system (PMT)
Maintenance free Nafion® dryer
Universal power supplies
Analyze samples with or without assistance of an autosampler
Optional autosamplers (Manual - no autosampler, ASX-130, ASX-260, ASX-520 and, by special order, EXR-8) autosamplers combined with powerful customizable software can process up to 10 standard/QC solutions and 84-50 ml sample/QC solutions in a single unattended run. We do not limit the number of QC samples or positions
Optional autodilution accessory (ADX-500)
Automatic end of run standby routines
Smart Rinse - prevents carryover from high concentration samples
Powder coated metal construction
12 roller 4 channel peristaltic pump
Sample volume 0.5 ml to > 50 ml
High capacity mode of < 60 seconds per sample
Intuitive QuickTrace™ software with built-in calibration, report generation and quality control features designed to make EPA compliance simple

QuickTrace™ Software
CETAC has been using our multi-tasking QuickTrace™ software package since 2002 to operate its high performance mercury analyzers. Benefiting from customer feedback, CETAC has designed the software package to be easy to learn, yet provide valuable features and flexibility. We continuously add customer requested features which truly makes the software designed by the customer for the customer.

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7
User defined method threshold for detector
saturation and smart rinse technology
User defined smart rack technology within a given
method. This technology allows the autosampler
the use of racks varying in size from 90, 60, 40, 24
or 21 tube position racks for samples, standards or
quality control
True multi-tasking
Simultaneously run analyses, develop methods, and
print reports
EPA 245.7 and EPA 1631 quality control compliant
User defined blank acceptance criteria for EPA 245.7 and EPA 1631
Customizable quality control features
User defined one or two point baseline offset
correction
Integrate via peak height or peak area
Scheduled consumable maintenance tracking
Data files are efficiently exported to a network via the Ethernet port for convenient linking to a LIMS system
Data files can be emailed to and opened by a CETAC representative on a CETAC PC
Online help and interactive tutorial - immediate
software support
Automatic detection limit calculation - determine
EPA defined IDL/MDL
Real time exportable data-tracking log
Individualized reports - customize printouts by
selecting from several parameters
Master worksheets – ready-to-run worksheets
allow quick operation for new users
Free upgrades