Why Flame AAS Users Are Moving to ICP-OES Spectrometry Is Discussed in New White Paper

MAHWAH, N.J. - July 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Users of atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) or flame AAS are switching to inductively coupled plasma optical emission (ICP-OES) spectrometry for a wide variety of analytical applications. A new white paper, discussing why, is available to download.

Traditionally, AAS instruments were lower in cost than ICP-OES analyzers. But recently, price points have shifted. It is now possible to obtain an ICP-OES instrument at a cost not much more than that of an AAS device.

The new paper, "Why Flame AAS Users Are Moving Up to ICP-OES," details the issues that users should consider when evaluating which technology is best for their unique element analysis applications. The paper discusses the basic principles of both AAS and ICP-OES spectrometry and offers direct comparisons between the two, including ease of use, detection limits, throughput, safe walkaway automation, dynamic range, chemical interferences, ionization interferences, spectral interferences, stability and TDS (?), lamp expense, and analysis costs and times.

The paper also compares AAS flame instruments to the SPECTRO GENESIS ICP-OES spectrometer and finds that  the GENESIS is  much more versatile and offers across-the-board advantages versus the one-dimensional AAS devices — despite their similar prices.

Download the new paper, "Why Flame AAS Users Are Moving Up to ICP-OES" from http://icp-oes.spectro.com/genesis/flame-aas-users-moving.... The brief is authored by SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a leading global supplier of analytical instruments for optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

About SPECTRO:

SPECTRO, a unit of the Materials Analysis Division of AMETEK, Inc., manufactures advanced instruments, develops the best solutions for elemental analysis in a broad range of applications, and provides exemplary customer service.

SPECTRO's products are known for their superior technical capabilities that deliver measurable benefits to the customer. From its foundation in 1979 until today, more than 40,000 analytical instruments have been delivered to customers around the world.

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