Waste Disposal - PerkinElmer aanalyst 200 User Manual

Safety Practices

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.
NOTE: The responsible body is responsible for the correct collection and disposal of waste materials.
This includes the necessity for a suitably sized waste container of appropriately resistant material
for the collection of organic solvent waste and provision for the removal into an appropriate
exhaust system of any gases or vapors which may be produced in hazardous concentrations.
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 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.
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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