DMA-80 Direct Mercury Analyzer

Milestone's DMA-80 Direct Mercury Analyzer effortlessly analyzes liquid and solid samples with no sample prep and no waste disposal. Automatically process 40 samples in about 4 hours, start to finish. An intuitive controller uploads sample weights, controls the analysis, and processes data—with built-in report generation.

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The DMA-80 permits direct analysis of trace level mercury in diverse samples:

Hardware Capabilities

• Integrated processing makes determination of mercury in difficult sample matrices routine, easy, and precise
• Eliminates the need for sample preparation (no wet chemistry!)
• Results in approximately 5 minutes
• Results are independent of matrix
• Semi-portable: Ideal for laboratory or field analysis
• Detection range from 0 to 1,000 ng Hg
• Built-in 40 position autosampler for high-throughput, unattended operation
• Quartz sample boats for automated analysis of aqueous samples

Control Terminal

• Intuitive EasyControl software
• Large touch-screen interface for easy, graphical interaction
• Allows manual operation of the instrument, as well as pre-programmed, unattended automatic operation
• Easy calibration and analysis
• Export data (easily imported into a spreadsheet)
• Change parameters in the middle of a sample run. No need to wait for an entire queue of samples to be processed.
• Interactive help screen
• Optional EasyDOC 2.0 software for enhanced process reporting

Mercury: Read more about the fundamentals of mercury analysis, view technical details of the DMA-80, or see our resource library of methods, application notes, and articles.
General: Go to the Milestone front page, or send us an inquiry.