Automated microwave digestion of samples for ICP analysis

Warwick Analytical Service, the analytical division of Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd., has announced that recent investment in microwave digestion equipment is now enabling them to prepare and analyse a wide range of demanding sample types by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-OES) spectrometry.

The new high pressure microwave digestion apparatus enables WAS to take samples (metal oxides, metallic catalysts, polymers, geochemical materials) that do not dissolve well by traditional means and effectively and rapidly digest them ready for ICP-OES analysis. The result is enhanced data reproducibility and improved sensitivity.

The new Automated Microwave Digestion / ICP-OES analysis service is available for the determination of a wide range of major and trace elements in a single analysis. ICP analysis enables accurate and precise analysis for 70+ elements in the periodic table. Equipped with the latest high resolution ICP spectrometer - WAS can easily resolve the most complex spectra and routinely analyse even the most complex samples. Detection limits are low for most elements (typically <10ppb) and multi-element determinations can be achieved rapidly and precisely.