Modern Water RaPID Assay
Customer link and technical handbooks
Category
Commercial medium-cost kits
Environmental matrix
Water and soil
Parameters analysed
Detection limits
Measurement range 0.02 – 3 ppmA unit of concentration expressed as parts per million. Equivalent to 1 x 10⁻⁶. More (as total BTEXIn the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries, the initialism BTX refers to mixtures of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and the three xylene isomers, all of which are aromatic hydrocarbons. More); detection limits in the ppmA unit of concentration expressed as parts per million. Equivalent to 1 x 10⁻⁶. More range.
Sensor functionalities
Magnetic particle immunoassay
Costs
1’500 € (100 tests)
Advantages
- Requires moderate skills to operate.
- Suitable for field or lab analyses.
- Relatively rapid results (within 1 h).
- Limited price per sample.
- Three kit calibrator levels, in units comparable to GC
standard methods.
Limitations
- Qualitative or semiquantitative method.
- Knowledge of fuel source is required (unable to differentiate between BTEXIn the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries, the initialism BTX refers to mixtures of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and the three xylene isomers, all of which are aromatic hydrocarbons. More and similar compounds).
- The website does not provide clear instruction for analyses nor a clear list of all equipment and material needed.
- Minimum order of 5 kits.
Other technical specifications
A separate extraction kit is sold for analyses of soil samples. Results available in 60 min.