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Will last for approximately 1 box of reagent or 10 vials; nontoxic Ultra Pure Water; shelf life is one year at RT.

SD50951 QuickChek Sulphate Reducing Bacteria RC II Economy-Pak (100) by Modern Water

The QuickChek™ SRB Detection System is a rapid enzyme immunoassay method that detects sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB). The test employs purified antibodies to detect the enzyme adenosine-5'-phosphosulfonate (APS) reductase which is common to all strains of SRB.

The purified antibodies are attached to small particles that selectively capture the APS reductase enzyme. The particles and captured enzyme are then isolated on a porous membrane, which forms a reactive layer that turns blue in the presence of the APS reductase enzyme.

QuickChek™ SRB offers several advantages over cell culture techniques for SRB detection including immediate and accurate results. The kit allows testing of solid and semi-solid samples and detects all SRB, including SRB that is unable to grow in some standard media. The test results are not compromised by chemical or salinity interferences that are often found in field samples.

The QuickChek™ SRB kit is completely self-contained and disposable. Each kit includes all necessary materials to detect and enumerate sulfate reducing bacteria. There is no need for pretreatment or dilution of samples and there are not special hazardous waste disposal limitations.

Features:

• Semi-quantitative results
• Detects all viable and nonviable SRB samples
• Results available in approximately 8-10 minutes
• Two or three samples simultaneously
• Detection limit of 103 cells/ml
• etection limit for "clean" waters down to 101 cells/ml

Applications

• Corrosion coupons
• Cutting fluids
• Drilling fluids (Muds)
• Solids: biofilms, sludge, rust, mud
• Water associated with oil

7002000 EnSys TNT Explosives Soil Test Kit by Modern Water

EnSys® explosives kits are rapid field or laboratory colourimetric tests for the analysis of explosives in soil. The kits are based on a method developed by Dr. Thomas Jenkins at the US Army Corps of Engineers - CRREL.

Features:

• Detects TNT, DNT and related explosives
• Convenient and rapid testing in the field or laboratory
• Extractions can be performed simultaneously with analysis in singlicate
• TNT extracts can be used with EnSys RDX test
• Training available
• EPA SW-846 Method #8515

Test result type

• Quantitative data

Samples per kit

• 20 soil samples

Assay range

• Soil: 1 ppm to 30 ppm total TNT
• Higher sample concentrations can be quantified by sample extract dilution

Sample preparation

• Soil samples require prior extraction using the included extraction components
• Soil samples should be dried prior to analysis
• Soil sample extracts may be saved for use with the RDXsoil test kit

Sampling time

• 'Dirt-to-Data' in approximately 30 minutes
• Typically about ten samples can be run in about 40 minutes
• Soil extraction time is typically 2 - 10 minutes per sample plus test run time of approximately 2 minutes

Specificity

The EnSys® TNT test is specific for TNT and related explosive compounds and exhibits the following sensitivities. The TNT test does not measure RDX or HMX.

Basic Test Procedure

• Clean cuvettes and set spectrophotometer
• Extract soil sample: Weigh 10 grams of soil sample, Add sample to extraction jar, Measure 50mL acetone into 50mL tube, Pour acetone into extraction jar and shake for three minutes, Allow to settle for five minutes
• Draw 25mL liquid into the syringe from above the sediment layer in extraction jar
• Attach filter tip to syringe and transfer 25mL of sample extract into a cuvette.
• Place cuvette in spectrophotometer and record initial absorbance
• Add one drop of developer solution, cap and shake for three seconds.
• Remove stopper and place the'sample' cuvette in cell holder and read sample absorbance.
• NOTE: For analysis of samples containing DNT,and/or where DNT concentration is of concern, samples must be allowed to develop for 10 minutes before reading sample absorbance. This will not affect colour development for other nitroaromatics.
• Record data and calculate results.

Test kit components

• 20 weigh boats and wooden spatulas
• 20 extraction jars
• One 50mL graduated tube
• 20 - 30cc syringes and syringe filters
• 1 bulb pipette
• 1 TNT control vial and ampoule cracker
• Developer solution
• Test kit instructions

Storage & precautions

• Shelf life is typically one year from date of manufacture, with specific kit expiration date information provided on product packaging.
• Store at ambient temperature 64° to 81°F (18° to 27°C)
• Operate the test at temperature greater than 40°F/4°C and less than 100°F/39°C (4°C)

Required test materials

• EnSys TNT explosives soil test kit (7002000)

Required test equipment

• EnSys TNT accessory kit (rental, includes HACH DR2800) (6999700)
• Acetone: hardware or laboratory grade (min 50mL per sample)

Other recommended materials

• Hach DR/2000, DR/2010 or DR/2800
• 2 matched hach cuvettes
• 2 cuvette stopper plugs
• Balance
• Tap or laboratory grade water for cuvette rinsing
• Marker pen, calculator
• Absorbent paper
• Liquid waste container
• PPE: Disposable gloves, eyewear

AZF50A000/AZF50A002 Microtox Model 500 Analyzer (120v/220v, 50/60Hz) by Modern Water

The Microtox® Model 500 (M500) analyser is a laboratory-based, temperature-controlled, self-calibrating photometer that measures acute toxicity. Microtox® M500 is a biosensor-based measurement system that uses bioluminescence technology to monitor for either accidental or deliberate contamination of both water supplies and waste water. With over 2,400 instruments sold worldwide, the Microtox® toxicity test system is the industry standard for rapid toxicity screening and analysis. DeltaTox® II is the portable toxicity analyser used with the Microtox® technology.

Microtox® rapid toxicity detection is an in vitro test system that uses bioluminescent bacteria for the detection of toxicity in water and is used as a screening system to detect the relative toxicity of a sample. Results are given either as an effective concentration (EC) value or as a % inhibition. Applications include the testing of samples containing biological toxins, industrial effluent, industrial process waters, municipal effluent, drinking water eco toxicological samples, hazardous waste, soil, sediments, storm water and medical products for bio reactivity.

The Microtox® M500 has a built-in cooling block, enabling it to be used for ISO and DIN standard methods. The Omni software contains detailed step by step protocols for 11 standard methods, including ISO 11348-3, DIN 38412 and ASTM D5660.

Features:

• Test sensitive to more than 2,700 different simple and complex chemicals
• Results available in as little as 15 minutes*
• Cost effective and easy to perform tests
• More than 2,400 instruments sold worldwide
• Results provided as either EC values or % inhibition
• Excellent correlation with whole-organism toxicity test LD values

Drinking water testing and surveillance

The Microtox® acute toxicity test is being used to monitor drinking water supplies in many countries and major cities where either accidental or deliberate contamination is a concern. The test can be completed in as little as 15 minutes*, allowing for a quick response to changes in water quality.

Microtox® toxicity test systems are uniquely suited for drinking water surveillance where supplies are monitored regularly and at strategic points. Microtox® M500 can quickly reveal any changes in the level of toxicity of drinking water making it the ideal solution for major events like the Olympics; the system has been used at every Summer Olympics since 1984.

Municipal and industrial wastewater

Wastewater treatment plants have been using Microtox® acute toxicity test results since 1979. They continue to use our products because they help assure compliance with wastewater treatment effluent permits (like NPDES toxicity limits in the USA), they measure toxicity in influent streams, they determine treatment efficiency in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants and they monitor treatment processes from the raw influent to final effluent.

MiCRoToX® Omni Software Protocols

Provided with purchase of Microtox® M500 analyser:

• ASTM (D5660)
• Basic toxicity test
• Comparison test
• Confirmation test
• ISO (International Standard Organization 11348-3)
• DIN (Deutsches Institut fur Normung 38412 Teil Test)
• Screening toxicity test
• Solid Phase/Basic Solid Phase
• Comparison
• Confirmation
• WET (Whole Effluent Toxicity)

Process explained

The Microtox® test system uses a strain of naturally occurring luminescent bacteria called Vibrio fischeri to provide acute toxicity detection. The bacteria emit light as a natural part of their metabolism. Exposure to a toxic substance causes disruption of the respiratory process of the bacteria resulting in reduced light output. The Microtox® photometer measures the light levels before and after addition of the sample, and the reduction in light output is a measure of the toxicity of the sample. The test is fast, simple to conduct, uses small sample sizes and is very cost effective. Results correlate well with those from other toxicity bioassays such as fish, daphnia and shrimp. The test is used extensively in the measurement of toxicity of "fit for use" water and wastewater treatment effluent as well as an early screening tool for relative toxicity as part of a test battery. The system detects unknown pollutants and effects of mixtures (synergistic effects).

Applications

• (Petro) Drilling mud
• Contaminated soil
• Drinking water monitoring
• Ecotoxicology
• Hazardous waste
• Industrial effluent
• Industrial process water
• Marine water
• Medical/Pharmaceutical products
• Mining wastes, soil and water
• Municipal effluent
• Personal care/Household
• Chemicals
• Recreational water
• Sediments
• Solid phase materials
• Storm water

SD50950 QuickChek Sulphate Reducing Bacteria RC II Ten-Pak by Modern Water

The QuickChek™ SRB Detection System is a rapid enzyme immunoassay method that detects sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB). The test employs purified antibodies to detect the enzyme adenosine-5'-phosphosulfonate (APS) reductase which is common to all strains of SRB.

The purified antibodies are attached to small particles that selectively capture the APS reductase enzyme. The particles and captured enzyme are then isolated on a porous membrane, which forms a reactive layer that turns blue in the presence of the APS reductase enzyme.

QuickChek™ SRB offers several advantages over cell culture techniques for SRB detection including immediate and accurate results. The kit allows testing of solid and semi-solid samples and detects all SRB, including SRB that is unable to grow in some standard media. The test results are not compromised by chemical or salinity interferences that are often found in field samples.

The QuickChek™ SRB kit is completely self-contained and disposable. Each kit includes all necessary materials to detect and enumerate sulfate reducing bacteria. There is no need for pretreatment or dilution of samples and there are not special hazardous waste disposal limitations.

Features:

• Semi-quantitative results
• Detects all viable and nonviable SRB samples
• Results available in approximately 8-10 minutes
• Two or three samples simultaneously
• Detection limit of 103 cells/ml
• etection limit for "clean" waters down to 101 cells/ml

Applications

• Corrosion coupons
• Cutting fluids
• Drilling fluids (Muds)
• Solids: biofilms, sludge, rust, mud
• Water associated with oil

Vibrio fischeri bacteria; shelf life is 18 months when stored at (-20C) - (-25C); on average one vial will provide enough reagent for 20-25 tests (depending on number of dilutions, test protocols, controls, etc.)

7085000 EnSys RDX Explosives Soil Test Kit with Extraction Jars by Modern Water

Ensys® explosives kits are rapid field or laboratory colourimetric tests for the analysis of explosives in soil. The kits are based on a method developed by Dr. Thomas Jenkins at the US Army Corps of Engineers - CRREL.

Features:

• Detects RDX, HMX and related explosives
• Convenient and rapid testing in the field or laboratory
• Extractions can be performed simultaneously with analysis in singlicate
• Can test sample extract from EnSys TNT test
• Training recommended
• EPA SW-846 Method #8510 (proposed status final with 4th update)

Test result type

• Quantitative data

Samples per kit

• 20 soil samples

Assay range

• Soil: 1 ppm to 30 ppm total RDX
• Higher sample concentrations can be quantified by sample extract dilution

Sample preparation

• Soil samples require prior extraction using the included extraction components
• Soil samples should be dried prior to analysis
• Soil sample extracts from TNT soil test kit may be used

Sampling time

• 'Dirt-to-Data' in approximately 30 minutes
• Typically about six samples can be run in about one hour
• Soil extraction time is typically 2 - 10 minutes per sample plus test run time of approximately 20 minutes

Specificity

The Ensys® RDX test is specific for RDX, HMX and related explosive compounds and exhibits the following sensitivities. The RDX does not measure TNT, TNB or DNB.

Basic Test Procedure

• Clean cuvettes and set spectrophotometer
• Extract soil sample: Weigh 10 grams of soil sample, Add sample to extraction jar, Measure 50mL acetone into 50mL tube, Pour acetone into extraction jar and shake for three minutes, Allow to settle for five minutes
• Draw into syringe 5.5mL liquid from above the sediment layer in extraction jar
• Attach filter tip to syringe and transfer 5mL of sample extract into a 13mL tube
• NOTE: if nitrate/ nitrate interferents are present, attach an Alumina-A cartridge to the syringe and dispense through this
• Cut open an acetic acid bulb and add contents to the 13mL tube. Cap and shake
• Cut open a NitriVer pillow and add it to a 50mL reaction vial containing water
• Quickly pour acetic acid and sample into 13 mL zinc tube and cap. Invert twice and expose sample to zinc for EXACTLY 15 seconds
• With the filter attached to syringe and plunger removed, hold over reaction vial and pour zinc solution into it
• Rapidly filter the solution into the 50mL reaction vial, cap and shake for 30 seconds
• Incubate for 15 minutes for colour development and transfer contents to 30mL syringe barrel. Attach syringe filter and dispense into spectrophotometer cuvette
• Place cuvette in spectrophotometer and record absorbance
• Calculate results

Test kit components

• 20 weigh boats and wooden spatulas
• 20 extraction jars
• One 50mL graduated tube
• 20 - 50mL reaction vials with H2O
• 20 - 13mL zinc tube in foil pouches
• 20 - 10cc, 20cc and 30cc syringes
• 20 - 30mL tubes
• 20 NitriVer pillows
• 20 acetic acid bulb pipettes
• 60 syringe filters
• 1 bulb pipette
• 1 RDX control vial and ampoule cracker
• Test kit instructions

Storage & precautions

• Shelf life is typically one year from date of manufacture, with specific kit expiration date information provided on product packaging.
• Store kits at room temperature (less than 80°F (27°C))
• Operate the test at temperature greater than 40°F/4°C and less than 100°F/39°C
• Do not expose the kits to direct sunlight

Required test materials

• EnSys RDX explosivessoil test kit (7085000)
• EnSys TNT explosives soil test kit (7002000)

Required test equipment

• Acetone: hardware or laboratory grade (min 50mL per sample)
• Alumina-A cartidges (if nitrate/nitrate interferents present) (6021200)

Other recommended materials

• Scissors
• Tap or laboratory grade water for cuvette rinsing
• Hach DR/2000, DR/2010 or DR/2800
• 2 matched hach cuvettes
• 2 cuvette stopper plugs
• Balance
• Marker pen, calculator
• Absorbent paper
• Liquid waste container
• PPE: Disposable gloves, eyewear