The Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) coupled with a mass spectrograph (MS) give very high sensitivity for the determination of elements and even isotopes.
The ICP-MS is located in building 95 room W188. It is a Finnegan-SOLA inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer for the elemental analysis of samples which are in the form of dilute aqueous solutions. This technique has the ability to detect very low levels (parts per billion) of most elements in a sample. The dynamic range is typically ten orders of magnitude and data reduction is relatively simple. Rapid data acquisition and data reduction enable the measurement of large numbers of samples in a short period of time. ICP-MS is the technique of choice for trace element analysis of natural waters, minerals, and rocks. High precision is achieved by using multiple internal standards.
Details of the Sola software program.
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