Analytik Jena PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 ICP OES instrument

Analytik Jena has released the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 high-resolution array ICP OES (optical emission spectrometry using inductively coupled plasma) for multiple element analysis.

ICP-OES is an analysis method in which very hot argon plasma is used to analyse the elements present in a sample using optical emission. Based on the emitted characteristic radiation, the content of the individual elements can be determined. The method is routinely used for determining smallest element concentrations especially in environmental analysis, material research, metal or pharmaceutical industries.

The product has been developed to master complicated analytical challenges in emission spectrometry with a high degree of precision, method flexibility and operating comfort. Technological advances include improved optical resolution, the plasma torch design and the generation and observation of the plasma.

The product is especially suited to demanding samples and complicated matrices. It is high performing in identifying spectral interferences; thus, it permits a precise evaluation of analysis results of samples with high salt content or just traces of elements as well as of acids and bases.