Abstract: 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 then 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 0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 8, 1998
Assignee:
Chemtrace
Inventors:
Samantha S. H. Tan, Dianne M. Dougherty