iCAP MSX

Single quadrupole ICP-MS designed for high sensitivity and matrix robustness.

• Status: Active
• Country: Germany
• 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
  : RSD %: Short termc <2 (10 min); Long term <3 (2 h)
• Mass Resolution/ Mass Resolving Power
  : User definable in the mass range 2-225 and above m/z 225 only enabled with intelligent Mass Resolution (iMR)
• Sensitivity
  : kcps/ppb: 7Li 80; 59Co 290; 115In 600; 209Bi 500; 238U 850
• Abundance Sensitivity
  : < 0.5 ppm at m-1 and m+1 (m = 133Cs)
• Dynamic Range
  : >11 orders of magnitude (<1 to >5·10e10 cps)
• Detection Limits
  : Sub-ppt level, varies by element; e.g., <0.5 ng/L for many elements in He KED mode
• Precision
  : 107Ag/109Ag <0.1% RSD
• Detector Type
  : Dual mode discrete dynode electron multiplier
• Oxides %
  : 140Ce16O/140Ce <2.0%; 140Ce++/140Ce+ <3.0%
• Reaction Cell System Details: QCell with Kinetic Energy Discrimination (KED) and low-mass cutoff using He gas
• High Matrix Introduction System (HMI)
  : Yes
• Spray Chamber
  : Glass spray chamber, cooled at 2.7 °C
• Nebulizer
  : PFA concentric (400 µL·min-1)
• Peristaltic Pump
  : 12-roller, fourchannel minipump with inert rollers
• Torch
  : Quartz torch, demountable
• Injector
  : 2.5 mm i.d., quartz injector
• Interface
  : Nickel-based sampler and skimmer cones
• CRC Gas Flow
  : max. 10 mL·min-1
• Cooling System
  : Water chiller or water recirculator required, Integrated Peltier cooling for the spray chamber
• Vacuum System
  : Three stage, differential vacuum with Single split flow turbo molecular pump
• Gas Supply: Argon (99.99% purity), Helium (99.999% purity)
• Reaction Cell System: Yes
• Power Specifications: 200–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz single phase; Apparent: 2,200 VA; Effective: 2,050 W
• Environmental Specifications: 15–35 °C; Rate of change <2 °C·h-1; Humidity Range 20–80% (non-condensing)
• Physical Specifications: 868 mm × 743 mm × 1102 mm, 131 kg