Elemental Analysis

Determination of the amount (%) of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen contained in organic and inorganic solid materials. Operates in the process of Flash Dynamic Combustion, which produces complete combustion of the sample followed by determination of the elemental gases (nitrogen and carbon dioxide). This provides detection of total carbon (TC) and nitrogen (TN) from 100ppm to 100% level.

Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a powerful analytical technology that enables highly sensitive elemental and isotopic analysis to be performed directly on solid samples. A focused laser beam hits the sample surface and generate fine particles. The ablated material rapidly transported to the plasma tourch of the ICP-MS instrument for digestion and ionization of the sampled mass. The excited ions are then accelerated and separated by a double-focusing magnet and finally introduced to the ion-counter detector of the mass spectrometer. Suitable for U-Th-Pb geochronology and trace-element analyses in solid materials.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) is a technique that uses a plasma as a source for optical emission analysis of cations and some anions (S and P) in inorganic solutions on the ppm level. The sample is nebulized and introduced into the plasma (6000–8000 K) as an aerosol, resulting in an excitation of the sample atoms and ions and consequently, emission of element-specific radiation.
The emitted radiation is diffracted into its spectral components in the optical system and the intensity is measured using a CCD detector. After processing the signal intensities of the analyzed elements concentrations are evaluated by the Smart Analyzer software.