News from LabRulezICPMS Library - Week 6, 2025

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This week we bring you applications by Shimadzu, Agilent Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific!

1. Shimadzu: Simultaneous TG/DTA - DTG-60 Series

• Product note
• Full PDF for download

This instrument varies the sample temperature in accordance with a program, and simultaneously measures the change in mass of the sample (TG) and the temperature difference between the sample and a standard substance (DTA).

• High-Sensitivity and High-Accuracy Measurement
• Supports Various Types of Measurement
• Automated Functions Increase Throughput
• Complies with Analysis Laboratory Regulations
• Compact Design

2. Agilent Technologies: Capabilities and Operation of the Advanced Dilution System 2

• Technical Overview
• Full PDF for download

Automate calibration and sample dilution for Agilent ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments

Now, more than ever, laboratories worldwide are facing increasing challenges to perform more analyses with fewer resources, prompting a re-evaluation of many analytical practices. Automation of certain tasks can help lab managers to streamline workflows and optimize resource utilization. To increase the efficiency of labs equipped with Agilent ICP-OES or ICP-MS instrumentation, Agilent has developed the Advanced Dilution System 2 (ADS 2)—a fully integrated inline autodilution system designed for routine, high throughput applications. The ADS 2 can automatically dilute stock standards and samples up to 400 times, making it ideal for the auto-preparation of calibration standards and samples, or dilution of overrange samples. The ADS 2 effectively reduces the number of manual tasks that operators have to perform when preparing a quantitative method for ICP-OES or ICP-MS, allowing more time to work on other tasks.

The two-syringe ADS 2 is available for the Agilent 5800 and 5900 ICP-OES* and Agilent 7850, 7900, and 8900 ICP-MS*. The ADS 2 and Advanced Valve System (AVS)** work seamlessly together under software control to maximize sample throughput, increase sample turn-around-time, and reduce cost-per-sample. The integrated design of the ADS 2 and AVS avoids adding excess time when not performing a dilution, addressing a common drawback of other dilution systems. The design also ensures that the system remains readily available to provide inline sample dilution whenever needed. If a reactive dilution of a sample is required, the intelligent software conveniently presents the results for the diluted sample at the end of each worksheet run, while retaining full access to all data.

3. Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Scientific iCAP MX Series ICP-MS - Fully automatic start up and performance verification

• Product spotlight
• Full PDF for download

The Thermo Scientific™ iCAP™ MX Series ICP-MS instruments provide sensitive, accurate, and robust analysis of a wide variety of sample matrices. Designed with ease of use and intelligent solutions to time-consuming steps in the daily laboratory in mind, the Get Ready process allows for automatic and unattended instrument initialization and performance verification.

Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a powerful technology for trace and ultra-trace determination of elemental impurities in various markets, including environmental and food safety testing, industrial applications, clinical analysis, and research. In recent years, ICP-MS has become not only more sensitive to improve detection of lower concentrations, but also more robust to replace analyses previously run on ICP-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) instruments.

Another emerging trend is an increase in automation of labor-intensive and time-consuming steps in sample preparation and analysis. With increased demands on flexibility, both from clients demanding results with short turnover time as well as laboratory personnel looking for more flexible work arrangements, automated and timed start of the analytical system is an area to improve on efficiency and productivity in the laboratory.