Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Analytical Laboratories


 Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry

ICP-MS

Personnel at the NBMG Analytical Laboratory operate a state-of-the-science Micromass Platform ICP-MS. This instrument has a Hexapole collision cell which eliminates many of the interferences present in conventional ICP-MS. The instrument is connected to a CETAC autosampler and a Merchantek UV laser ablation system which allows analyses of solid materials using ICP-MS.


Micromass Platform ICP-MS at right with Mechantek laser ablation unit in the center between the spectrometer and the computer screen.


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