Analytik Jena AG, Germany, introduces the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000, its first High-Resolution Array ICP OES (optical emission spectrometry using inductively coupled plasma) for multiple element analysis. Technological advances in the product include the optical resolution, the plasma torch design and the generation and observation of the plasma. 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.
This method is routinely used for determining smallest element concentrations, especially in materials research. “The PlasmaQuant® PQ 9000 has been developed to master the most complicated analytical challenges in emission spectrometry with the highest degree of precision, method flexibility and operating comfort. In doing so, we are building on our longstanding experience in the development of high-end spectrometers”, said Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the Analytical Instrumentation business unit at Analytik Jena AG.
The instrument also allows for the safe analysis of rare earth metals such as cerium, lanthanum, neodymium or samarium in silicate-containing minerals. The high salt contents in these minerals (silicates) are not a problem thanks to the technology of the PlasmaQuant® PQ 9000 system. Spectral interferences caused by the high contents of these samples of main group elements such as sodium, aluminum or silicon can be detected with the help of high resolution and easily corrected.
