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Mercury Detection
Mercury Testing Information:
Our Services:
The ability to measure and detect mercury accurately and act accordingly can have significant benefits to the efficiency of your process and to your business.
Mercury Detection Benefits:
- Improve process up time
- Maintain asset integrity and product quality
- Maximize revenue
- Reduce mercury emissions to the environment
- Minimize occupational health issues
Using state-of-the-art instrumentation supported by a team of specialized analysts, SGS have the experience to help with any mercury related application you may have, either on or off site. Whether the sample be natural gas, crude oil, naphtha, condensate, drinking water, waste water, soil, sediment or sludge (or virtually anything else), SGS have the experience and expertise to provide a solution.
The team of SGS Mercury specialists, based in Europe and the Far East, have over 20 years experience in detecting mercury.
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Mercury Issues
Mercury in the Environment
Mercury is widely recognized as the second most toxic element on the planet. It is mainly released into the atmosphere as the result of burning fossil fuels. Once in the atmosphere it is deposited on land and sea, where it eventually enters the food chain in fish or shellfish. Mercury is then transformed to methyl mercury and preconcentrated to potentially dangerous levels. Mercury levels are higher in predatory fish such as shark, swordfish and tuna.
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Exposure to Mercury
The effect of mercury exposure to humans depends on the mercury species and how exposure took place. Elemental mercury is strongly toxic when absorbed in the respiratory tract, although generally is not absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Methyl mercury on the other hand is lipid soluble and is readily absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, across the blood-brain barrier and across the placenta where it is absorbed by the fetus. Exposure can lead to severe damage to the central nervous system, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, and, ultimately, death.
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Our Mercury Services:
- Consultancy
Expertise suggests appropriate methods, recommend sampling strategies, interpret data and carry out method development.
- Determination of mercury in hydrocarbon samples.
- Completion of onsite mercury surveys.
- Identifying areas of potential mercury contamination.
- Areas of mercury loss.
- Monitoring efficiency of mercury removal units (MRUs).
- Process up-time optimization.
- Analysis of all types of environmental samples.
- Determination of mercury in Produced Water.
- RoHS analysis.
- 3rd party verification and testing
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- Lab Analysis
SGS can offer lab analysis of various sample types using experienced staff with specialized instrumentation:
- Hg in natural gas
- Hg in LNG
- Hg in LPG
- Hg in naphtha
- Hg in condensate
- Hg in crude oil
- Hg in sediments and sludges
- Hg in water
- Hg in glycol
- Hg in blood
- Hg in urine
- Hg in hair
- Hg in nails
- RoHS and WEEE analysis
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- Desk and Field Reviews
A baseline study will provide knowledge of the mercury levels in your process, identifying potential areas of risk of mercury induced corrosion, occupational health issues and mercury releases into the environment. Appropriate action can then be taken, keeping your process running efficiently and helping to maximize the value of your products. Subsequent analysis will provide on going technical support for operators and build up an overall picture and historic record of mercury levels in the process.
SGS have a team of specialists offering either a desk or field based consultancy service, carrying out mercury surveys onsite, identifying areas of potential mercury contamination, areas of mercury loss and monitoring the efficiency of mercury removal units (MRUs).
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For more information you may contact our Mercury Detection experts
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