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Main Title Continuous-Flow Mini-Diluter System for Toxicity Testing.
Author Benoit, Duane A. ; Mattson, Vince R. ; Olson, Diane L. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-600/J-82-175;
Stock Number PB82-207812
Additional Subjects Toxicology ; Test equipment ; Fishes ; Invertebrates ; Effluents ; Hazardous materials ; Tests ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB82-207812 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 10p
Abstract
A space saving portable mini-diluter exposure system for testing early life stages of fish and invertebrates has been developed and successfully used both in the laboratory and on-site with single chemicals and with complex effluents. This gravity-operated system can also be installed in a compact, vented enclosure to permit safe testing of hazardous volatile chemicals. The mini-diluter test system has several additional advantages over other widely used dosing systems in that it (1) uses small volumes of complex effluents and/or single chemicals which reduces the problem of removing hazardous material from the test system's waste water; (2) works well with waste containing suspended solids; and (3) can maintain normal operation for up to 10 h if the effluent headbox supply pump fails and up to 4 h if the diluent water headbox supply pump fails.