HELGES – Element2 ICP Mass Spectrometer

GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences

last updated: March 5, 2024

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HELGES – Element2 ICP Mass Spectrometer

GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences

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HELGES – Helmholtz-Laboratory for the Geochemistry of the Earth Surface laboratory complex
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Description

The Element 2 is a high sensitivity, high-resolution sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS). In our laboratory, the instrument is exclusively used to analyze very low concentrated analytes in solution. A typical example is the direct measurement of ⁹Be in river water, suspended river sediment and time series analysis of Phosphorus fluxes in the “Convent Forest” and “Bavarian Forest”. The integrated auto sample can be loaded with more than 240 samples for continuous measurement.

Instruments

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is one of the fastest growing inorganic analytical technologies of the 21st Century. Newly developed Time of Flight instrumentation is augmenting more traditional quadruple and magnetic sector based instrumentation. Laser ablation, graphite furnace, liquid and gas chromatographic interfacing has facilitated the analysis of a significantly increased variety of sample types, enabling the determination of up to sixty elements in samples as small as 10 micro-meters in diameter and improved the resolution and detection limits of organo-metallic species analysis in such matrices as foodstuffs, water, sediment and environmental samples. Additional information available at "http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/cems/icp_ms.html" [Summary provided by CEMS] (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
ICP-MS - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Analytical Methods

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is one of the fastest growing inorganic analytical technologies of the 21st Century. Newly developed Time of Flight instrumentation is augmenting more traditional quadruple and magnetic sector based instrumentation. Laser ablation, graphite furnace, liquid and gas chromatographic interfacing has facilitated the analysis of a significantly increased variety of sample types, enabling the determination of up to sixty elements in samples as small as 10 micro-meters in diameter and improved the resolution and detection limits of organo-metallic species analysis in such matrices as foodstuffs, water, sediment and environmental samples. Additional information available at "http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/cems/icp_ms.html" [Summary provided by CEMS]
Mass spectrometry technique based on coupling a mass spectrometer with an inductively coupled plasma as an ion source that both atomizes samples into their constituent atoms and ionizes them to form atomic cations. Note: The technique is highly sensitive for a range of metals and several non-metals, and provides information on isotopic distributions. (Source: IUPAC; https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06) (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
ICP-MS - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Laboratory Keywords

In addition to the instruments and analytical methods listed above, these keywords help to describe the work done in the laboratory. This may include the type of samples, standard materials, specific preparative or analytical methods and specific instrument characteristics.

High Resolution Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

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Geoscience > Geochemistry > Geochemistry
Geochemistry

The Research Network for Geosciences in Berlin and Potsdam

HELGES – Element2 ICP Mass Spectrometer

GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences

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HELGES – Element2 ICP Mass Spectrometer

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