DMA Analyzer

Environment and Climate Change Canada has a requirement for the supply of DMA Analyzer for the mercury research laboratory in ARQP The requirement must include all of the following:

M1 The DMA must have an autosampler capable of holding at least 40 samples and delivering those samplers in an automated way to the thermal decomposition oven. M2 The DMA must have dual cells providing a working range of 0.01 to 1500ng M3 The DMA must have a limit of detection of 0.001 ng or less M4 The DMA must include the following spare parts: amalgamation trap, thermal decomposition oven, catalyst M5 The DMA must have a precision of less than or equal to 1% at 5ng M6 The DMA analyzer must have a Microsoft Windows based software system M7 The DMA must be delivered with a computer capable of running the software and analyzer M8 The DMA must have a programmable oven, so that oven ramp time and temperatures can be set according to our needs M9 The DMA must use a double beam system on the optical bench M10 The DMA must run on 120V electric power of less than 15A and be provided with a standard North American NEMA 5-15 plug M11 The DMA must meet Canadian Standards Association (CSA) electrical safety standards M12 The DMA must be able to meet EPA 7473 M13 The DMA must be capable of analyzing samples up to 1 gram M14 Standard soil samples must not require any additional preparation or reagents