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From HORIBA Jobin Yvon – Rare Earth
Elements – Unrivalled performance with
High Resolution ICP-OES
In the last decades Rare Earth Elements (REEs) have become
uniquely indispensable in many electronic, optical, magnetic
and catalytic applications. Huge extraction activity exists
worldwide but alternative resources are also explored such
as recycling of lamps or electronic wastes. Purification of
extracted REEs has to be done and final product purity has
to be determined before their commercial or R&D use. ICP-OES
is the most adequate technique to analyze traces of REEs in
a REE matrix due to its multi-element analysis capability and its
tolerance to high concentrations of total dissolved solids. Due to
line-rich spectra emitted, high resolution is mandatory to achieve
high performance and accurate analysis.
Find out how the HORIBA Jobin Yvon ULTIMA 2 ICP-OES
spectrometer offers unrivalled performance in the new application
note “Analysis of Traces of Rare Earth Elements in a Rare
Earth Element Matrix using High Resolution ICP-OES”. In this
application note you will read:
• How high resolution ICP-OES solves the analytical problem
of very rich line spectra.
• How torch design offers stability and accuracy for final results.
Download this application note at
www.horiba.com/scientific/products/atomic-emission-spectroscopy/
application-notes/geology/ and visit
www.horiba.com/scientific/products/atomic-emission-spectroscopy/
application-notes/ for other ICP
Application Notes.
From SPECTRO – Determination of Platinum
Group Elements by Laser Ablation ICP-MS
As a seemingly safe financial investment, the precious
metals have been traded at high prices on stock exchanges.
The focus of this interest has been, in addition to gold and
silver, the so-called platinum group elements. The result:
Mining companies around the world are focussing on even
the smallest deposits of platinum, ruthenium, osmium, rhodium,
iridium and palladium and the options to rework mine tailings.
The decision as to whether or not development of such minimal
deposits is worthwhile is usually made in the analytical laboratory.
Here high performance instruments determine the precious metal
contents in this kind of samples.
SPECTRO has released a new application report that
documents the use of the SPECTRO MS simultaneously
measuring ICP mass spectrometer for this demanding application.
In the report you’ll discover:
• Why a mass spectrometer with laser ablation is the perfect
technology for the analysis of the platinum group elements
• Why lower spectral interferences between the sample material
and argon plasma occur with the SPECTRO MS than with
other mass spectrometers – and what influence this has on
the measurement results
• How you can permanently increase your sample throughput
with simultaneous analysis using the SPECTRO MS and achieve
more exact, precise and reproducible results at the same time.
Interested? Then request the new application report
“Determination of Platinum Group Elements (PGE) in Solid
Samples by Laser-Ablation-ICP-MS” today – and convince
yourself of the exceptional performance that the SPECTRO MS
offers in this area.
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