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Increasing performance (Worldwide 1-2001/376) Two new brochures on the ELAN inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) systems are now available. The brochure on the Elan 6100 system describes how the instrument increases productivity and performance for multi-elemental analysis in laboratories with moderate to heavy loads of ultratrace level samples. Whithin the piece, numerous features unique to the product family of ICP-MS instruments are discussed. The literature on the Elan DRC (Dynamic Reaction Cell) ICP-MS system explains how the Dynamic Bandpass Tuning (DBT) mechanism eliminates unwanted reaction by-products, making the DRC instrument superior to collision cell systems for interference removal. A comparison of the DRC and simple collision cell technologies demonstrates that the absence of the DBT feature on collision cell instruments dramatically increases the potential for unexpected spectral interferences. The brochure explains that the DRC system utilizes robust hot plasma conditions and eliminates a variety of interferences. |