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Product category: Liquid Analysis: Spectroscopy, Colour
News Release from: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Elemental Analysis) | Subject: ICP-MS
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial Team on 23 February 2006

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Thermo and New Wave Research, the leading manufacturer of high-quality laser-based systems and modules, have announced a new instrument integration to address the needs of the geochemistry community

Building on their long-standing partnership, Thermo Electron Corporation, a world leader in analytical instrumentation and New Wave Research, the leading manufacturer of high-quality laser-based systems and modules, have announced a new instrument integration to address the needs of the geochemistry community This latest development sees the Thermo XSeriesII ICP-MS quadrupole system and the New Wave Research UP193 solid-state laser ablation system coming together to achieve ultimate performance and productivity in quadrupole ICP-MS geochemistry applications

Popularity of the ICP-MS technique is growing as a routine technique for geochemistry applications due to its high sensitivity and low backgrounds.

Addressing these needs, specially organized collaboration days were held at the Thermo Winsford factory where the UP193 had been installed to develop and demonstrate key geochemistry applications to geologists.

One specific geochemistry application of the new ICP-MS integration is the analysis of Pb/U ratios in Zircons.

This coupling facilitates accurate assessments of concordance in zircon populations with highly variable age characteristics.

This unparalleled combination of the UP193 with the XSeriesII provides the most rapid, flexible and cost effective analytical solution for zircon analyses in the field of geochemical research.

The XSeriesII ICP-MS presents enhanced benefits across the whole range of common ICP-MS applications.

The ease of use and the practical design of this instrument means that laboratories can achieve their analytical objectives faster, with greater confidence and less hands-on time from the operator.

Furthermore, the XSeriesII instrument is configured with the new Xs Interface for LA-ICP-MS applications to facilitate analyses with high sensitivity and high matrix tolerance capabilities.

For more information about the Thermo new ICP-MS geochemistry applications or to obtain relevant application notes, please consult the website.

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