Mercury Survey Meter

EMP-2

Delivering
Better
Solutions

Easy To Read And Operate

Color LCD Touch Panel

Light-Weight
Hands-Free Carry And Handling

Reliable
Real-Time Mercury Measurement
EMP-2 Pursuing the Ultimate Design in
The Most Portable Atomic Abs

Compact & Light-Weight Easy Operation

Light-weight shoulder and waist sling design allows Easy to read and operate ̶
for hands-free carry and handling Back-lit color LCD touch screen display and one
button START/STOP operation

265

Back-lit color LCD

touch screen display
128

START/STOP button

Weight : 1.8 ㎏

Waist Sling Design Highly Sensitive & Wide Range

Body-sling strap with waist belt design allows for Highly sensitive (down to 0.1μg/m³) with wide
hands-free carry so the operator can always dynamic measuring range up to 1000μg/m³
maintain a minimum 3-point contact position even 0.18
Linearlity−0 ∼ 1000μg/m³

during ascending or descending ladders with the 0.16

0.14

meter 0.12
0.10
Probe holder
ABS

0.08
0.06
0.04
Shoulder strap 0.02
Low Concentration Measurement 0
Standerd Gas Measurement 0 200 400 600 800 1000
3.0 Hg concentration [μg/m³]

2.5 Ave=2.72μg/m³
Concentration [μg/m³]

0.4μg/m³
2.0 1.0μg/m³
2.7μg/m³
Waist belt 1.5

1.0
Ave=1.00μg/m³
0.5
Ave=0.43μg/m³
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time [sec]

Why measure for mercury?

Mercury is recognized as an element of global concern due to its
long-range transport in the atmosphere, its persistence in the
environment, its ability to bio-accumulate in ecosystems and its
negative effect on human health and the environment. Mercury can produce a range of adverse
human health effects, including permanent damage to the nervous system, in particular the
developing nervous system. Due to these effects, and also because mercury can be passed from a
mother to her unborn child, infants, children and women of child bearing age are considered
vulnerable populations. Mercury is absorbed into the human body through 3 primary paths̶
inhalation, ingestion and dermal absorption. Studies show as much as 75% of the inhaled mercury
vapor may be retained in the human body which causes neurological toxicity.
Today, most people are more aware of the dangers of mercury and many of its uses have been
discontinued. However, mercury exposure is still an occupational hazard for people in many
industries and mercury is present in the environment around us in areas such as the oil & gas sectors,
gold mining, dental amalgams, fluorescent lamp production, etc.
 Compactness, Light-Weight with High Sensitivity
sorption Spectrometer

Real-Time Measurement Meets Guidelines Choice of Colors

Reliable, real-time mercury
measurement by Atomic
Absorption Spectroscopy
Maximum
concentration
Meets all industrial hygiene Choice of 3 attractive colors for
guidelines and cleanup customer selection
protocols specified in WHO,
Average ACGIH, OSHA, NIOSH, USEPA,
concentration
ATSDR, etc

Aqua Blue

Forest Green Sun Orange

Real-time
concentration

■ Virtually free of interferences from other gases, moisture (non-condensing) and vapors present in most
household cleaning agents
■ Integrated battery with endurance up to 5 hours continuous operation with simple battery swap out
■ Integrated SD card reader logs all measured readings

LIST OF APPLICATIONS
● Fluorescent lamps manufacturing, disposal and re-cycling
● Emergency response to mercury spill & cleanup monitoring
● Mercury contamination source surveying & investigation
● Industrial/worker safety and hygiene surveying
● Facility workplace monitoring
● Hazardous waste inspection and screening
(1)
● At-site stack, exhaust duct & etc flue gases screening and measurement
(2)
● Mercury in natural gas screening and measurement
(3)
● At-site mercury in water analysis
(1) to couple with gas reduction module (2) via tedlar bag (3) to couple with reduction impinger kit

How to measure the mercury?

Most traditional measuring method requires the mercury to be trapped into an absorbing solution ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
or solid media collector and carefully transferred back to laboratory for pretreatment and Half mirror Hg atom

analysis. The drawback of these methods is clearly their inability to provide the instant
Hg lamp Cell Phototube
on-site/field results, thus delaying the decision to take necessary actions to prevent further
exposure, evacuation and clean-up. To address this issue, the NIC EMP-2 offers on-site
Phototube
measurement of mercury vapor concentration in a real-time basis, even allowing tracking to the
source of contamination. In operation, the EMP-2 draws the sample gas directly into the
absorption cell and employs Ultra-Violet (UV) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) method to
determine the mercury concentration at a specific wavelength of 253.7nm. The UV atomic
absorption spectroscopy technique is superior in selectivity over most goldsensor/film resistance
techniques that are commonly affected by humidity and temperature variation. Moreover,
presence of acid gases will rapidly deteriorate the gold sensor which needs re-generation and
factory calibration. The EMP-2 is not impacted by acid gases up to extraordinarily high levels.
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
Low-pressure
mercury discharge lamp START/STOP 3.5 graphic
Mercury Alarm buzzer
removal Lens button display
Filter Semi-reflective
filter
mirror
Phototube Preamp
Inlet
Probe
Absorption Microcomputer
Electromagnetic
3-way valve cell
Outlet
Air pump
Power switch SD card slot USB
Phototube

Preamp Battery

SPECIFICATIONS
Measuring target Elemental vapor phase mercury
Sampling flow rate ∼ 1liter/min, continuous
Measuring range 0 to 1000μg/m³ (Resolution : 0.1μg/m³)
Precision CV < 10% @ 0.4μg/m³
Response time 1 second (equipped with 1 meter length sampling line)
Temperature range 0℃ to +45℃, non-condensing
Zero correction Automatic/zero gas method
Temperature compensation Automatic-correction
Display 3.5”Graphic display touch screen (320×240 dots 64-color)
Measurement mode Real-time survey mode (1μg/m³ resolution)
High-sensitivity mode (0.1μg/m³ resolution)
(to be kept horizontal & stationary throughout measurements)
Display screen parameters Instantaneous/Continuous average/Max readings (μg/m³ or mg/m³)/Data and time/Battery capacity level
/Measurement mode/Interference check (to confirm for any false positive interferences)
/Graphic bars (digital & analog)
Audio indicator Beeping (increase beeping frequency with increase reading)
Backlight saving LCD saving mode (32% intensity after 1min ; 0% intensity (OFF) after 10mins)
Warning alarm 0 to 99.9μg/m³ -- user-settable (ON or OFF) (0.1μg/m³ step)
Data storage SD card (data saved as CSV format with data/time stamp for all readings)
Battery Easy swap out rechargeable Li-Ion battery (5 hours capacity at 25℃ after full charged) / (Charging time : approx. 8 hours)
Dimension 265 (W)×128 (H)×110 (D) mm
Weight 1.8kg with battery

EMP-2 SPARES & OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

Spare battery
Zero filter
Standard (Plastic) probe
Carrying case
Battery charger-auto switching for input power supply AC85V-264V 50/60Hz
Calibration kit, CK-1
Extended length probe (approx. 800mm)
Dust filter for the probe, 5pcs/set
Tubing (Teflon) for the probe, 1meter (Teflon)
Luer-lock connector for tubing, 3pcs/set
Maintenance kit
Specifications subject to change without notice

Identify the right mercury analyzer for you

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