Instrument Database:
Perkin-Elmer SCIEX - ELAN 6100 ( PerkinElmer Inc. )
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Year of introduction |
1999 |
Status |
historical ( out of sale ) |
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Perkin-Elmer SCIEX
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Categories |
Mass spectrometer: ICP-MS |
5th-generation ICP-MS featuring a stable torch mount that eliminates the need for xyz adjustment and a quick-change lens design.
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Specifications |
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Dimensions (w x d x h in cm)
| 99 x 73 x 117
| Weight (kg)
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| Quadrupole; binary gold metallized ceramic, producing hyperbolic field | Mass range
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| Resolution
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| Detector
| dual stage discrete dynode electron multiplier (off-axis) | Dynamic range (orders of magnitude) | 8 in a single continuous scan; simultaneous analog and pulse counting | Abundance sensitivity | 107 at 1 amu higher mass side; 106 at 1 amu lower mass side | Background level
| < 10 cps | Scanning rate | 2400 amu/s | Vacuum system | 3 stages: 1 rotary pump, 2 turbomolecular pumps backed by 1 rotary pump | ICP generator
| free-running | Frequency (MHz)
| 40.68 | Power (Watt) | 700-1800 | Load coil
| Ar-cooled PlasmaLok coil | Torch | injector demountable (available in various materials and inner diameter) | Argon flow (L/min)
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| Sample introduction | 2-channel peristaltic pump; Ryton Scott-type spraychamber; Gem-tip cross-flow nebulizer | Operating system and | Windows NT software | Computer
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| Short term precision (RSD for 10 replicates) | < 3% | Long term precision (RSD for 4 hours)
| < 4% | Sensitivity (Mcps/ppm)
| > 30 In, > 25 U, >4 Mg | Detection limits (3s, ng/L)
| < 0.5 U and In, < 2 Co, < 15 Be | Isotope ratio precision (RSD for Ag-107/Ag-109) | < 0.2% | Doubly charged Ba ions
| < 0.03 | Ce Oxide ions | < 0.03 | Accessories/Options | USN, FI, laser ablation, ETV, hydride generator | Special features |
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