Mercos Water Sampler

Fig. 1-8. MERCOS water sampler made of PTFE (Hydrobios, 1997). A messenger activates the filling of two 500 mL PTFE screw-cap bottles via silicone tubes down to a depth of 100 m.

The Mercos Water Sampler from Hydrobios (Figure 1.6) is suitable for ultra trace metal analysis. It consists of a holder device and exchangeable 500 mL Teflon bottles as sampling vessels, which can be used dovm to 100 m water depth. All fittings are made of titanium. 

MERCOS water sampler with two bottles which are lowered while closed and are opened at the desired depth. Photograph from Hydrobios Apparatebau GmbH. 

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