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Instrument Database:
VG Elemental - PQ Eclipse (PQe)
( Thermo Scientific )
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| Year of introduction |
1992 |
| Status |
historical ( out of sale ) |
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VG Elemental
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| Categories |
Mass spectrometer: ICP-MS
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Compact low-cost ICP-MS instrument for environmental analysis at reduced sensitivity as a replacement for ICP-AES and ETAAS
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| Specifications |
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Dimensions (w x d x h in cm)
| 138.5 x 70 x 107.5
| Weight (kg)
| 350
| Power
| 208-240 V, single phase, 35 A | Mass filter
| Quadrupole
| Mass range
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| Resolution
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| | Detector | Faraday cup, analogue mode | | Dynamic range (orders of magnitude) | 7 (+- 10%) | Vacuum system
| turbomolecular pump | | ICP generator | free-running | Frequency (MHz)
| 27.12 | Power (Watt)
| 1800 | Load coil
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| Torch
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| Argon flow (L/min)
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| | Sample introduction |
| Operating system and software
| OS/2Software provides on-line help, build-in quality control routines, overnight operation | | Computer |
| Short term precision (RSD for 10 replicates)
| < 1% for Be,Co,In,Pb,U at 1 ppm | | Long term precision (RSD for 4 hours) | < 4% for 4 hours, < 5% for 24 h (most elements) | Sensitivity (Mcps/ppm)
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| Detection limits (3s, ng/L)
| 200 for U, 300 for Be,Co,In,Bi; 500 for Pb | Isotope ratio precision (RSD for Ag-107/Ag-109)
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| | Doubly charged Ba ions |
| Ce Oxide ions
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| Accessories
| 220 samples autosampler | Special features
| solutions with a dissolved solids content of up to 0.5% can be analysed; an "all element" acquisition, for more than 75 elements can be carried out in < 90 seconds |
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