“project name” kickoff meeting - clu-in.ppt

Proprietary science | evolved   science | evolved Bikas Vaidya Rapid Detection of Arsenic in Water Small Business Water Innovation - An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Solutions Session II - Innovative Detection Technologies March 23, 2016 * Arsenic in Water Arsenic in drinking water poses a serious health hazard to tens of millions of people, especially in parts of the world where the arsenic concentrations far exceed the 10 ppb guideline value set by WHO. Global occurrences of arsenic in groundwater B. Panda, Int. J. of Ecosystem 2015, 5(3A): 75-85 B. * Arsenic Detection Arsenic in drinking water poses a serious health hazard to tens of millions of people in different parts of the world. Rapid and reliable testing to distinguish wells with high and low arsenic levels is critical. Conventional methods for determination of arsenic, such as ICP-MS and ICP-AES, are time consuming, and expensive, while colorimetric tests are not reliable. Colorimetric test kits use highly toxic chemicals containing mercury or lead and also produce highly toxic arsine gas during the test. Lynntech is developing a rapid, reliable and convenient test kit for quantitative determination of arsenic in water samples without using toxic chemicals or metals. * Lynntech Approach Simple handheld system that utilizes disposable cartridges for rapid detection of arsenic in water. Disposable dry cartridge consisting of two blocks (reagent block and detection block) and eliminates the need for handling any corrosive or toxic chemicals. A simple colorimeter used for quantification. 1. Pass water sample through the test cartridge. 2. Attach the detection cartridge block to a colorimeter and take reading. * Preliminary Results Reflectance absorption spectra for the samples containing 0, 5, 10 and 20 ppb As. 0 ppb 5 ppb 10 ppb 20 ppb Water samples with higher concentration of arsenic produced deeper green coloration. Reagent (top) and det