Trace Metals Analysis Instrumentation | Mass Spectrometry Facility | SIU

Current Instrumentation

Agilent 7850 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

The Agilent 7850 single quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS) provides very sensitive elemental analysis with very low detection limits (sub-ppb) for most elements in a sample. The Agilent 7850 ICPMS detects the mass-to-charge ratio of ions produced from the sample in the plasma. Samples must be in solution requiring solid samples to be dissolved/ digested with a combination of acids appropriate for the sample. The Agilent 7850 ICPMS can also perform single particle analysis.