Studies on the applications of an immunoassay for mercury
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Immunoassays are rapidly becoming a significant component of the arsenal of field analytical methods. Validation of such alternative methods is necessary for their acceptance by the regulatory agencies and potential users. As part of a program to evaluate the performance of such methods, we have examined the capacity of the BiMelyze (BioNebraska, Inc.) immunoassay method to measure mercury in soil, sludge and water. Results from the analysis of contaminated soil samples showed the immunoassay to perform as well as either X-ray fluorescence or neutron activation analysis. The method was also shown to be capable of measuring as little as 2.5 ppm mercury in sludge from a waste water treatment plant. In conjunction with a bacterial genetic toxicity assay (Xenometrix, Inc.), it was also indicated to have a specificity for bioavailable mercury in a contaminated waste water sample.
- OSTI ID:
- 370215
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-; TRN: 96:003805-0266
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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