The ElMiE Lab is a research-oriented facility and part of the Helmholtz center in Potsdam. The ElMiE – Lab offers the sample preparation and analyses of geological or environmental inorganic samples for element concentrations and mineralogy of inorganic materials. Laboratories and instruments associated with the ElMiE Lab include the XRD, XRF, …

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 …

The main application of the mass spectrometer is the analysis of element concentrations in a wide range of materials. Samples can be analyzed as solutions (e.g. water samples or rocks after acid-dissolution). Alternatively, a femtosecond laser ablation system can be coupled to the Q-ICP-MS for (in situ) micro-scale concentration analysis of solid samples.
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a versatile method for fast concentration analysis. A sample aerosol is …

ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) or plasma source mass spectrometry represents the most sensitive and flexible method for the analysis of mass fractions of trace elements in geomaterials (rocks, minerals, water) and in chemical or technical products. The advantage of the method lies in the nearly complete ionization of many elements, which is achieved by using argon plasma at temperatures of up to 7000 °C and fast data acquisition. The Thermo Electron Element XR in the AB …

The ELEMENT 2XR is a high-resolution sector field mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS) with inductively coupled plasma as an ion source. It is used for the quantitative analysis of element concentrations or isotope ratios. It offers excellent results even for complex problems and demanding samples. The Elements 2XR combines a configuration that is primarily characterized by the following features:

• Faraday detector and an SEV detector (secondary electron multiplier), thereby extending the dynamic …