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RA-915M Mercury Analyzer Used on a Flying Drone for Real-Time Measurements in the Lower Atmosphere

RA-915M “great sensitivity and the octocopter optimal versatility and maneuverability, both horizontally and vertically, allowed to depict t

Can Ammonia Impact Hg Control?

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is a process where nitrogen oxides (NOx) are converted to diatomic nitrogen (Nx) and water (H2O)...

Does Flue-Gas Temperature Affect Hg Measurements?

Many of our customers have found Mercury Speciation Sorbent Traps to be an excellent tool for evaluating the root cause of a mercury...

Mercury Control Measurement ... for Everyone Else

HEY!!!! Did you miss our post last week because you thought it only pertained to plants burning Lignite? Well, we rewrote it …for those...

114 Letter…Oh My!

This Article was written by ChatGPT and edited by Alexandra Sipershteyn & Aaron Fellhauer Recently coal-fired utilities burning lignite...

Ohio Lumex Mercury Analyzer Used in Former Industrial Site Remediation Project in Israel

Thanks to the efforts of the Tidhar-Harel real estate partnership, 60 acres of the Acre Bay land will be receiving a much needed cleanup...

Using RA-915M Mercury Vapor Analyzer to Validate Mercury Emissions from Emperor Qin's Tomb

Due to its high vapor pressure and prevalence in the atmosphere, mercury makes a good geophysical tracer gas, which has potential...

Ohio Lumex Contributes to the "Continuous Emission Monitoring" Textbook, 3rd Edition

Our Senior Program Director, Alexandra Sipershteyn, recently contributed to the 3rd edition of "Continuous Emission Monitoring" textbook...

What does mercury analysis have to do with the mass dinosaur extinction?

Mercury was linked to climate change causing volcanism that may have triggered the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. An Ohio Lumex mercury...

Mercury Emissions from Gold Mining

Where they come from and how to measure them Due to its unique physical and chemical properties, mercury has been widely studied and...

Routine Troubleshooting of the M324 Sorbent Trap Analysis System

We’ll be covering common issues we see during sorbent trap analysis, why it happens, and how to combat them.

Need to do more than mercury in air analysis?

Unequaled in its comprehensiveness, the RA-915M Mercury Vapor Analyzer has several compatible attachments to create an all-in-one solution.

Testing for Mercury in Natural Gas Reservoirs

Current Situation: Infrequent spot checking with steel cylinders (commonly referred to as “bombs”), poor sampling methods, inaccurate and...

Variability of Mercury in Natural Gas Extraction, Transportation & Processing

A 2002 study by St. Petersburg State University (1) revealed significant temporal variability of the mercury (Hg) concentration in...

Why Mercury Gets a Bad Rap + The Best Mercury Vapor Analyzer

Author: Nadia Savelieva Mercury is a notorious neurotoxin that negatively affects human health when released into the atmosphere or...

Ohio Lumex Instruments Used by EPA & Industrial Hygienists in Mercury Spill Cleanup at Texas USPS

On Tuesday, August 7th, a USPS processing and distribution center in Coppell, Texas experienced a mercury spill from a mailed package....