Perkin Elmer has announced the European launch of the Nexion 300 inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for elemental analysis at Analytica 2010.
The Nexion 300 platform aims to help address global problems ranging from contamination of air, water and food to the integrity of pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements, as well as the safety of emerging nanomaterials.
The company said researchers can now benefit from a simplified system for analysis of trace elements in the parts-per-trillion range, allowing even non-expert users to perform complex analyses.
The Nexion 300 system is also said to reduce the need for daily user maintenance and cleaning, translating into minimal downtime.
The Nexion 300 instrument features Universal Cell Technology (UCT) and has three modes of interference removal: standard, collision and reaction.
These modes allow scientists to choose the appropriate technique for their particular application, based on the complexity of the problem to be solved.
Nexion's standard mode can be used for simple and routine analyses.
Collision mode is effective for semi-quantitative analyses, environmental sample monitoring and testing unknown samples.
Reaction mode, using DRC technology, is claimed to provide the best detection limits available, for even the most difficult elements and matrices, such as semiconductor testing.
The Nexion 300 system can be integrated with chromatography systems for effective speciation analysis to enable customers to accurately separate and measure the toxicity, bioavailability, metabolism and environmental mobility of elements.
