The ICP-OES facility houses a Perkin-Elmer 5300 DV inductively coupled plasma – optical emission spectrometer which can be used for rapid, simultaneous determination of metals and most other elements. With a Cetac ASX-520autosampler, the instrument can analyze 250 in sequence.

The facility is equipped to perform digestions of solid samples at no addition charge, if neccesary. Solution samples submitted should ideally be in 2% nitric or hydrochloric acid at a volume of 5 mL. Contact Adam Beaton for pricing.

• Biological and Life Sciences
• Biomedical
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Engineering - Agricultural, Forest, Environmental, Mining, Mineral
• Engineering - Chemical, Nuclear, Other
• Engineering - Civil, Structural
• Engineering - Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical
• Environmental and Earth Sciences
• Geomatics and Geodesy

• Biomedical
• Biotechnology
• Agriculture, Animal Science and Food
• Chemical Industries
• Consumer Durables
• Consumer Non-Durables
• Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Manufacturing and Processing
• Mining, Minerals and Metals

Used for rapid, simultaneous determination of most elements. This instrumentation is most commonly used for the analysis of water and dissolved inorganic materials such as minerals, metals, and waste.

• Perkin-Elmer Optima 5300 DV
• Cetac auto ASX-520 sampler
• WinLab 32 for ICP v.4.0.0.0305
• Multi-elemental analysis with Yttrium internal std
• Dual view instrument (Axial and Radial views)
• Dual detector (165 to 405 nm and 404 to 782 nm)
• Single slot Quartz torch
• Various spray chambers and nebulizers available (such as cyclonic spray chamber and concentric glass nebulizer)
• Detection limit for most elements - 10 ppb
• Solution analysis (solids after digestion)