NIOSH Mining Major Equipment
ICP Plasma Spectrometers |
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| Preparing samples for analysis by the ICP mass spectrometer |
The Chemistry Laboratory is equipped with an inductively-coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) and an inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). The ICP-AES and ICP-MS are used for elemental chemical analysis of just about any material or substance (waters, biological materials, inorganic materials of all sorts, environmental samples, geological samples, etc.). Samples have to be dissolved prior to analysis. A wide range of concentrations can be measured, down to parts per trillion in solution by the ICP-MS.
Site: Spokane Research Laboratory
Laboratory: Chemistry Laboratory