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Safety/Regulatory Information
Waste disposal
Contents of waste containers
The materials that you collect in waste containers may include small amounts of
the substances that were analyzed and other chemicals used in the analyses.
If these materials are toxic, corrosive, or contain organics you may have to treat
the collected effluent as hazardous waste. Refer to your local safety regulations
for proper disposal procedures.
Disposing of defective lamps
Hollow cathode lamps and electrodeless discharge lamps contain small quantities
of the lamp element in a very pure form. If a lamp containing toxic elements
becomes defective or otherwise unusable, you must treat it as hazardous waste
and dispose of it accordingly. A licensed company in the chemical waste disposal
business can provide lamp disposal in accordance with environmental regulatory
requirements. Please note that PerkinElmer does not take back defective lamps for
disposal.
In addition, hollow cathode lamps and deuterium lamps are maintained under
reduced pressure. Handle and dispose of them correctly to minimize the
implosion risk.
For information, the quantities of analyte material contained in the cathodes of
hollow cathode lamps are listed in the table below:
Quantity of material
in the cathode
less than 5 g
5–10 g
10–15 g
For EDLs, the quantity of analyte material used is much less than the quantities
used in HCLs. Typically, only several milligrams of material are placed in the
EDL bulb. No PerkinElmer EDLs (System 1 or 2) contain more than 0.05 g of
analyte material.
1-10
Single-element hollow
cathode lamps
As, Au, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Dy, Er,
Eu, Ga, Gd, Ge, Hf, Ho, In, Ir,
K, La, Li, Mg, Na, Nd, Pd, Pr,
Pt. Re, Rh, Ru, Sc, Se, Sm, Sn,
Ta, Tb, Tm, Yb, Y
Ag, Al, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Mn, Mo,
Ni, Sb, Si, Sr, Te, V, W, Zn, Zr
Cu, Fe, Hg, Nb, P, Pb, Ti, Tl
Multi-element hollow
cathode lamps
Na-K, Pt-Ru
Ca-Mg, Ca-Zn, Ag-Au,
Sn-Te, Ca-Mg-Zn, Ca-Mg-Al
all other multi-element HCLs
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