Instruments - Analytical
Perkin-Elmer Model 3300XL
Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES)
Composed of:
- Gemcone pneumatic nebulizer for use
with high solute matrices
- Ultrasonic nebulizer for use with
aqueous matrices
- Gilson 4-channel peristaltic pump
- A/S 90 plus autosampler
- WinLab32 instrument control and data
management software
The advantage of ICP-AES analysis is
its ability to do simultaneous multi-element analyses at low (ppb)
concentrations for many elements.
Current Applications:
Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Cadmium,
Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Magnesium,
Manganese, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Silicon, Silver,
Sodium, Strontium, Tin, Vanadium, Zinc
Additional Elements:
Carbon, Cerium, Cesium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
Gallium, Germanium, Hafnium, Holmium, Indium, Iridium, Lithium,
Lanthanum, Lutetium, Mercury, Molybdenum, Neodymium, Niobium, Osmium,
Palladium, Platinum, Praseodymium, Rhenium, Rhodium, Rubidium,
Ruthenium, Samarium, Scandium, Sulfur, Tantalum, Tellurium, Terbium,
Thallium, Thorium, Thulium, Titanium, Tungsten, Uranium, Ytterbium,
Yttrium, Zirconium
Sample Matrices:
- Water (drinking water, natural
waters)
- Soil/Sediment
- Biological tissue
- Agricultural products
- Food products