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Category
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Application
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Alternatives
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ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS
(Mercury chloride as reagent) | Sequential Multi-Channel Auto-analyzer (SMCA) AU 2000 | Ion Selective Electrode |
| BAROMETERS AND MANOMETERS | Monitoring air pressure, weather conditions
Flow meters and controllers for natural gas supplies | Bourdon tube
Electronic gauges
Non-mercury flow meters |
COMMERCIAL CLEANING AGENTS
Bleach
Detergents
Scouring powders
Soaps | Cleaning and disinfection | Mercury may be a contaminant in these products. Use alternate brands with lower mercury levels or no detectable mercury |
| DC WATT HOUR METERS | E.g., Duncan - no longer made, but may still be in use | |
| DISPLACEMENT/PLUNGER RELAY | Power supply
switching lighting
Electric commercial appliances | |
FLAME SENSOR/SAFETY VALVE
Stainless steel bulb, capillary tube, bellows/control device | Main gas burners w/ standing pilot or electrical ignition pilot:
- some infrared heaters (component supplied by Robertshaw and Harper-Wyman)
- Some furnaces (components supplied by White Rodgers)
- Commercial kitchen appliances
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| LAMPS | Fluorescent
Bilirubin blue
General purpose
High output
Germicidal lamps
Cold cathode
Hot cathode
Slimline
Metal halide high pressure sodium vapor
Mercury vapor ultra-violet spectral lamps
Neon (all colors except red, orange and pink) | High intensity discharge
Fluorescent lights certified to pass EPA TCLP test for mercury and lead
Mercury- and lead-free high pressure sodium lamps
Energy efficient lighting systems |
| PAINT | Mercury-based anti-mildew agents | Non-mercury biocides |
| RELAYS AND SWITCHES | DISPLACEMENT/PLUNGER RELAYS:
- High current/voltage lighting
- Power supply switching
- Tungsten lighting
- Wetted reed relay/wetter reed switch: test, calibration, measurement equipment
TILT SWITCHES:
- Airflow/fan limit control
- Building security systems
- Chest freezer lid switches
- Fire alarm box switches
- Fluid level controls
- Pressure control
- Silent light switches
- Temperature controls
| Mechanical and solid state relays
Mechanical switches
Magnetic dry reed switches
Optic sensors
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| THERMOSTATS | Temperature control in rooms, incubators, refrigerators etc. | Thermostat with bi-metallic strip
Snap switches
Electronic type |
| THERMOMETERS | Various | Electronic (digital)
Non-mercury liquid filled |
WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS
Contaminant in sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid | pH adjustment | Lower mercury content chemicals from alternate suppliers
Alternative neutralizing chemicals such as hydrochloric acid |