A system for detecting analytes in a test sample, and a method for processing the same, is provided. The system includes a cartridge reader unit that has a control unit and a pneumatic system, and a cartridge assembly that prepares the samples with mixing material(s) through communication channels. The assembly has a memory chip with parameters for preparing the sample and at least one sensor. The assembly, pneumatic system, and control unit operate together to prepare the sample and provide the prepared sample to the sensor for detecting analytes, and also process measurements from the sensor to generate test results.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel flow analysis method and a novel flow analyzer each of which makes it possible to improve accuracy of an analysis. A flow analysis method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention attains the above object by including: a sample introducing step of introducing a sample into a tube (100); a reagent adding step of adding a reagent to the sample which is transferred through the tube (100); and an analyzing step of quantitatively or qualitatively analyzing the sample to which the reagent has been added and further including, after the reagent adding step and before the analyzing step, a gas-liquid separating step of sequentially removing gas which is present in the tube (100).

Methods and devices for obtaining approximate property data from the aqueous liquid phase of a multiphase fluid produced from a well. The method includes introducing a discrete sample of the multiphase fluid to a separation vessel; mixing a demulsifier with the discrete sample of the multiphase fluid; allowing the multiphase fluid to separate into separate liquid phases; drawing a measured sample of the aqueous liquid phase from the separation vessel, and diluting it with a measured amount of fresh water; analyzing the diluted aqueous liquid phase sample in a water analysis unit to measure a property of the diluted aqueous liquid phase sample and obtain diluted aqueous liquid phase sample data; and calculating the approximate aqueous liquid phase property data using the diluted aqueous liquid phase sample data and accounting for the amount of fresh water used to dilute the measured sample of the aqueous liquid phase.

Disclosed is a real-time method for detecting copper and silver in water in parts per billion. Total silver is detected by adding a 2% nitric acid solution to the sample; after ten minutes, adding a buffer solution comprising water, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate and EDTA to the sample; adding an indicator comprising Cadion 2B, EtOH, and Triton X-100 to the sample; after one minute, reading the absorbance of the sample using a spectrophotometer with a target peak of 515 nm; and determining the silver concentration by comparing the absorbance of the sample to the absorbances of known silver standards. Total copper is detected by adding a 2% nitric acid solution to the sample; after ten minutes, adding a buffer/indicator solution to the sample, where the solution comprises water, sodium citrate dihydrate, hydroxal amine hydrochloride and bathocuproine disulfonate; after one minute, reading the absorbance of the sample using a spectrophotometer with a target peak of 480 nm; and determining the copper concentration by comparing the absorbance of the sample to the absorbances of known copper standards. A monitoring device for determining the level of copper or silver in a sample implements the disclosed methods.

Disclosed is a device and method for a microfluidic paper-based analytical device (μPAD), for low-cost and user-friendly analytical devices capable of use for disease screening, point-of-care pathogen and biomarker detection, food and water quality testing. A microfluidic paper-based analytical device is further produced by chemical vapor deposition for multiplex heavy metal detection in water. Assay demonstrations proved that the immobilization of functional groups and multiplex heavy metal detection is suitable for real-world applications and established the approach for DNA analysis. The disclosed invention comprises multilayer capability, including the ability for various biomolecules to be immobilized with charge interaction.

A method and a system for detecting heavy metal ions are provided. The method includes: fixing a pre-manufactured micro-electrode chip on a connecting device, connecting the connecting device to an electrochemical workstation, carrying out setting before detection on the electrochemical workstation, the micro-electrode chip including a counter electrode and a working electrode, carrying out graphene modification treatment on the counter electrode in advance, and carrying out bismuth film modification treatment on the working electrode in advance; and carrying out acid pretreatment on an aqueous solution to be detected, dropwise adding 5 .Math.L to 100 .Math.L of a treated aqueous solution to a working area of the pre-manufactured micro-electrode chip, measuring an I-V curve by the electrochemical workstation subjected to the setting before detection, and determining species and concentrations of heavy metal ions in the aqueous solution according to peak values of voltage and current of the I-V curve.

Method and compositions using transition metal salts and/or ammonium chloride to liberate toxins and other molecules from cyanobacteria, useful for assaying for total cyanobacterial toxins in lakes, reservoirs and other waters.

Methods, apparatus and compositions are described for the measurement of metal and/or metalloid elements, including selenium in samples. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a sensor and/or array of sensors to measure metal and/or metalloid analytes, e.g., sensor and/or array of sensors having a chelator molecule, the chelator molecule including a peptide.

Materials and methods for extracting metals from solutions, involving a polymer of Formula A are described: ##STR00001##
where each X is independently either S or O, and n is an integer greater than 1.

An embodiment a method for measuring an amount of manganese in an aqueous sample, including: reducing, using a dechlorination reagent, wherein the dechlorination reagent comprises iron(II) and potassium iodide; oxidizing, under an alkaline condition using sodium hydroxide, Mn(II) to Mn(IV) in the aqueous sample, and chelating, using etidronic acid (HEDP), Fe(II) and Fe(III) in the aqueous sample, oxidizing an amount of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) with Mn(IV); and measuring, using a colorimetric indicator, the amount of manganese within the aqueous sample, by measuring an absorbance intensity at a wavelength of the oxidized amount of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB). Other aspects are described and claimed.