HP 4500

Retired benchtop ICP-MS with easy-to-use software, designed for environmental and routine metal analysis.

• Status: Inactive
• Country: United States of America
• Elemental: Yes
• Analyte Type / Target Of Analysis: Metals and non-metals
• Analyzer Type
  : Quadrupole MS (single)
• Ion Source Type: Inductively Coupled Plasma
• Signal Stability / Relative Standard Deviation
  : Short-term RSD < 1% (10 replicates); Long-term RSD < 2% (4 hours)
• Mass Resolution/ Mass Resolving Power
  : 0.3–2.0 amu
• Sensitivity
  : >8 Mcps/ppm for Li; >12 Mcps/ppm for Y, Tl
• Dynamic Range
  : 8 orders of magnitude
• Detection Limits
  : <1 ng/L for 51 elements; 1–10 ng/L for 18 elements, including Fe
• Detector Type
  : Discrete dynode electron multiplier
• Oxides %
  : CeO/Ce < 0.005
• Spray Chamber
  : Peltier-cooled spray chamber
• Nebulizer
  : V-groove nebulizer
• Peristaltic Pump
  : 12-roller, low-pulsation pump
• Torch
  : Demountable quartz torch with computer-controlled xyz translation stage
• Cooling System
  : Water chiller or water recirculator required
• Vacuum System
  : 3-stage system with one rotary pump and two turbomolecular pumps
• Gas Supply: Argon
• Reaction Cell System: No
• Physical Specifications: 110 cm (width) x 60 cm (depth) x 58 cm (height); Weight: 135 kg