Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase instrumentation at the 2010 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, to be held in Fort Myers, Florida until 9 January.
ICP and ICP-MS users from the environmental, petrochemical, clinical, food safety and geological industries will discover how easily the company's plasma analysers can be connected to sample-handling solutions for a comprehensive, integrated laboratory workflow.
The Thermo Scientific booth features the latest developments in inductively coupled plasma, DC plasma, microwave plasma, glow discharge and laser sources, including: the Icap 6200 ICP emission spectrometer, the Xseries 2 ICP-MS, the Element XR high-resolution ICP-MS and the Neptune Plus high-resolution multicollector ICP-MS instruments.
Thermo Scientific will also showcase its Element 2 high-resolution magnetic sector field ICP-MS with jet interface, which offers increased sensitivity from 1Mcps/ppb to 200Mcps/ppb.
All of the ICP and ICP-MS systems can interface with third-party devices to facilitate more effective analyses, ensuring an efficient workflow for all applications.
The products integrate effortlessly into the instrument software and require no additional software, minimising user training and increasing familiarisation.
Most connections utilise bi-directional communication for full integration and sample efficiency.
Thermo Fisher technicians will be available within the booth throughout the conference to discuss applications and make suggestions for enhancing laboratory workflows.
On 7 January, the company will deliver a workshop entitled 'Identification of Selenium-Containing Proteins by Combining Molecular and Elemental High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry'.
The workshop features the new Element 2 with novel jet interface capabilities.
Another presentation, 'Enhancing Sensitivity on Sector Field ICP-MS', will take place on 6 January at 2pm.
Thermo Fisher will also display a range of technical posters throughout the conference, covering topics such as high-precision ICP-OES analysis in the metallurgical industry, trace elemental analysis of industrial salts by sector field ICP-MS, and chromium speciation analysis in toys.
During the conference, Thermo Fisher will present an award to a scientist that has made a noteworthy contribution to the field of plasma spectrochemistry in 2010.
The award recognises achievements in conceptualisation and development of novel instrumentation, elucidation of fundamental events or processes involved in plasma spectrochemistry, authorship of a significant research paper or outstanding new applications that open new fields of use for plasma spectrochemistry.
