Introduction To The Icap 6000 Series; Overview - Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series User Manual

Overview

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Chapter 1
Introduction to the iCAP 6000
Series
The iCAP 6000 Series is a range of Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma
Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICP-OES) which use an Echelle
optical design and a Charge Injection Device (CID) solid-state detector
to provide elemental analysis.
Most samples are liquids that are pumped through a nebuliser to
produce a fine spray. The large droplets are removed by a spray
chamber and the small droplets then pass through to the plasma. The
solvent is evaporated and the residual sample decomposes to atoms and
ions that become excited and emit characteristic light which is measured
and corresponds to the concentration of each element type in the
original sample.
Control of the spectrometer is provided by PC-based iTEVA software.
To avoid loss of analytical performance and compromising safety only
Thermo Scientific specified parts should be used.
The iCAP 6000 spectrometer consists of several major components:
plasma torch and sample introduction parts
radio frequency power generator
optical system
CID detector with thermoelectric cooling
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