Center’s quadrupole ICP-MS (Agilent 7500ce) Autosampler (Cetac ASX 510)

Liquid samples, including natural waters, aqueous solutions, and acid digests of rocks, minerals, sediments, soils, and biota are directly introduced into ICP-MS using a peristaltic pump. A nebulizer converts liquid samples to an aerosol, which is suspended in argon carrier gas. This aerosol is transported into the plasma for atomization and ionization. The peristaltic pump ensures a constant flow rate and sample uptake rate can be adjusted. A large number of liquid samples can be analyzed using an autosampler (Cetac ASX-510) that accommodates 240 samples at one time.

Sample preparation advice can be found here.