NEW microFAST MS - Expanding the Capabilities of ICPMS

The microFAST MS system is a flexible, highly configurable, software controlled, sample introduction system that extends the capabilities of ICPMS to include the analysis of samples that were considered too difficult or impossible.

The fully automated microFAST MS system makes it possible to directly analyze ultra-low volume samples, viscous samples, organic solvents, precious micro-samples, aggressive chemicals that can attack pumps and ICPMS system components.

The microFAST MS system provides many benefits, including:

• Reduction of liquid lost in the sample transfer tubing

• Elimination of noise and stabilization delay

• Precise loading of micro samples as a single segment of liquid into a micro loop, under syringe pump control

• Multiple analysis of small volume samples

• Film-piercing metal free probe to control evaporation and contamination in microsamples

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A 35 µL sample is accurately loaded onto a
20 µL loop with <8 µL wasted on each side.
Use of a larger loop increases the fraction of sample injected to the high efficiency nebulizer.


microFAST MS System Diagram

microFAST MS injection of 20 µL sample providing over 2 minutes of steady signal for multielement or isotopic analysis.

 
microFAST MS Applications
       

Ultra-Low Volume Samples
(tens of microliters)

microFAST MS can be programmed to take up 100% of the sample and introduce it at precisely controlled flow rates as low as 1-5 µL per minute. This produces a continuous steady-state signal for repeat multi-element analysis or precise isotope ratio measurement on a sample volume as small as 50 µL.
   

Viscous Organic and Inorganic Samples

• Eliminates contamination from dilution or sample preparation

• Improved signal stability by using precision, metal-free syringe pumps for sample introduction

• Uses FAST technology to eliminate contact between samples and the pump
   

Volatile High-Purity Organic Solvents

• Reliable sample introduction at 5 and 10 µL per minute allows samples to be analyzed using conditions similar to those used for water

• Reduced instrument drift, improved stability, and lower instrument maintenance

• SC Autosamplers offer an optional metal free piercing probe for samples covered to reduce contamination and evaporation

   
Climate Research Applications

• Particulates in seawater, starting with as little as
10 L of seawater

• Elemental and isotopic ratio analysis of a single planktonic foraminifera

• Micrometeorite multi-element analysis
   

Clinical Micro Samples

• Elemental analysis of limited volume cells

• Metal uptake in living tissue

• Automated analysis of infant blood samples