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.
