16482

Mercury Standard for AAS

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

• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; TraceCERT^®
• Quality Level: 100; 300
• product line: 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 and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to SI unit kg and measured against primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST.
Certified content incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

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 inorganic TraceCERT website

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS05,GHS07,GHS08
• Signal Word: Danger
• Hazard Statements: H290 - H314 - H332 - H373 - H412
• Precautionary Statements: 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
• Supplementary Hazards: EUH071
• Storage Class Code: 8B - Non-combustible, corrosive hazardous materials
• WGK: WGK 2
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves