Thermo and New Wave Research Collaborate to Offer High Performance Geochemistry Product Solution
30 Jan 2006Building on their long-standing partnership, Thermo Electron Corporation, a world leader in analytical instrumentation and New Wave™ Research, the leading manufacturer of high-quality laser-based systems and modules, have announced a new instrument integration to address the needs of the geochemistry community.
This latest development sees Thermo’s XSeriesII ICP-MS quadrupole system and New Wave Research’s UP193 solid-state laser ablation system coming together to achieve ultimate performance and productivity in quadrupole ICP-MS geochemistry applications.
Popularity of the ICP-MS technique is growing as a routine technique for geochemistry applications due to its high sensitivity and low backgrounds. Addressing these needs, specially organized collaboration days were held at Thermo’s Winsford factory where the UP193 had been installed to develop and demonstrate key geochemistry applications to geologists. One specific geochemistry application of the new ICP-MS integration is the analysis of Pb/U ratios in Zircons. This coupling facilitates accurate assessments of concordance in zircon populations with highly variable age characteristics. This unparalleled combination of the UP193 with the XSeriesII provides the most rapid, flexible and cost effective analytical solution for zircon analyses in the field of geochemical research.
The XSeriesII ICP-MS presents enhanced benefits across the whole range of common ICP-MS applications. The ease of use and the practical design of this instrument means that laboratories can achieve their analytical objectives faster, with greater confidence and less hands-on time from the operator. Furthermore, the XSeriesII instrument is configured with the new Xs Interface for LA-ICP-MS applications to facilitate analyses with high sensitivity and high matrix tolerance capabilities.
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