Metal Scan Information

Metal Scan Information

(ICP + Colorimetric + AA + Potentiometric)
EXAMPLE ONLY

Elements Example Values Units Maximum Limits Permissible In Drinking Water*
1) Aluminum Al 0.065 mg/L no limit listed
2) Antimony Sb 0.0004 μg/L 6.00 μ/L
3) Arsenic As 0.0005 μg/L 10.0 μ/L
4) Barium Ba 0.002 mg/L 2.00 mg/L
5) Beryllium Be 0.001 mg/L no limit listed
6) Boron B 0.005 mg/L 5.00 mg/L
7) Cadmium Cd 0.001 μg/L 7.00 μ/L
8) Calcium Ca 0.001 mg/L 200 mg/L
9) Chromium Cr 0.003 mg/L 0.050 mb/L
10) Cobalt Co 0.002 mg/L no limit listed
11) Copper Cu 0.002 mg/L 1.00 mg/L
12) Gold Au 0.004 mg/L no limit listed
13) Iron Fe 0.005 mg/L 0.300 mg/L
14) Lanthanum La 0.002 mg/L no limit listed
15) Lead Pb 0.0005 μg/L 5 μ/L
16) Magnesium Mg 0.001 mg/L 50.0 mg/L
17) Manganese Mn 0.001 mg/L 0.120 MAC1
18) Mercury Hg μg/L 1.00 μg/L
19) Molybdenum Mo 0.003 mg/L no limit listed
20) Nickel Ni 0.005 mg/L no limit listed
21) Phosphorus P 0.010 mg/L no limit listed
22) Potassium K 0.010 mg/L no limit listed
23) Scandium Sc 0.040 mg/L no limit listed
24) Selenium Se μg/L 5.0 μ/L
25) Silicon Si 0.004 mg/L no limit listed
26) Silver Ag 0.003 mg/L no limit listed
27) Sodium Na 0.010 mg/L 200.0 mg/L
28) Strontium Sr 0.001 mg/L no limit listed
29) Tin Sn mg/L no limit listed
30) Titanium Ti 0.002 mg/L no limit listed
31) Tungsten W 0.003 mg/L no limit listed
32) Vanadium V 0.005 mg/L no limit listed
33) Zinc Zn 0.001 mg/L 5.00 mg/L
Hardness (mg/L CaCO3) mg/L 0-75 mg/L = Soft
pH 0.001 Units 7.0 - 10.5

* As per Canadian or B.C. Health Act Safe Drinking Water Regulation BC Reg 230/92, &390 Sch 120, 2001. Task Force of the Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, 2020.

1 Maximum Allowable Concentration

International and industry standards are run parallel with all samples. Duplicates are run every 10th sample. All toxic elements exceeding limits are checked by alternative methods before results are reported out to the client.

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