SAMMS® stands for “self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports.” It describes a family of “designer” adsorbents made using molecular-engineering.
A mesoporous material is one that has many pores about the size of tens to hundreds of atoms wide. If these pores were connected end to end approximately 100,000 would span the distance of a single human hair. A surface that holds such pores has within 1 gram (0.002 lb) of material a total surface area as large as a football field. There is great power in an adsorbent whose every surface atom can bind a desired element such as mercury.
Please see What is Thiol-SAMMS
What are the benefits of using SAMMS adsorbents?
Battelle has prepared an animated view to better help you understand the SAMMS process.
For instructions on how to use SAMMS and other general information please refer to the following -
- How to pre-treat SAMMS
- How to store SAMMS
- How to test mercury concentrations
- Will loaded SAMMS meet TCLP requirements
- How to regenerate SAMMS
- How to prepare samples for mercury testing
- What is included in a standard bench test of a waste stream treated with SAMMS