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Mercury Standard for AAS

TraceCERT^®, 1 g/L Hg in nitric acid (nominal concentration)

• NACRES: NA.24
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107

Properties

• Quality Segment: 300
• product line: TraceCERT^®
• grade: certified reference material, TraceCERT^®
• concentration: 1 g/L Hg in nitric acid (nominal concentration)
• technique(s): AAS: suitable
• application(s): agriculture; cleaning products; cosmetics; environmental; food and beverages; personal care
• format: single component solution

Description

General description

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced in accordance with ISO 17034 and characterized in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025. This CRM is traceable to SI unit kg and measured against primary material from a National Metrology Institute (NMI), e.g. NIST.

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Download your certificate at http://www.sigma-aldrich.com to view certified values, including uncertainty and expiry date.

Application

It was used as positive control for detecting mercury using atomic absorption spectrophotometer; in a study performed to understand mercury concentrations in swordfish.

Analysis Note

1 g/L Hg in 12% nitric acid, prepared with high purity Hg metal, HNO₃ and water

Other Notes

For a complete product listing of our TraceCERT^® range of CRMs for ICP and AAS, technical information and example certificates, please visit our ICP & AAS standards website

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

For U.S. Customers: Contains mercury; Do not place in trash - dispose according to local, state, or federal laws.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08,GHS05,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H290,H314,H332,H373,H412
• pcodes: P273 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 2
• target_organs: Kidney
• supp_hazards: EUH071
• Storage Class: 8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials
• wgk: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter