APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING, STORING AND TRANSPORTING LIQUID SAMPLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME

摘要

A low contamination bottle for sampling, storing, and transporting of chemical samples includes a bottle portion defining an internal volume and having a threaded neck, and a cap portion provided with threads that engage the threaded neck of the bottle to provide a fluid-tight seal between the internal volume of the bottle and the ambient environment. The bottle has a flexible sidewall portion that permits the reduction of the internal volume to allow a liquid sample to be drawn into the bottle portion by a suction or vacuum process. Both the bottle portion and the cap portion are made from a material selected from the chemical resistant group consisting essentially of hydrocarbon polymers and fluorocarbon polymers, where the material generates less than 1 ppb of metal contaminants and 1 ppm of leachable anionic and organic contaminants. The flexible sidewall portion of the bottle portion has a minimum thickness of .2 mm such that the low contamination bottle meets all safety requirements for the transport of hazardous chemical samples.