Atomic Spectroscopy

Product Overview and

Agilent AAS

Greece November 2016

Uwe Noetzel
Atomic Product Specialist
Agilent Technologies
Germany
Agilent Technologies
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis
LC, Bio

Waldbronn
Bay Area Little Falls Tokyo
Shanghai ICP-MS

Mass Specs,
Micro-Array GC/MS UV-VIS, FT-IR & AAS, ICP-OES
Melbourne

Product Development
Manufacturing
Logistics

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The Agilent Atomic Spectroscopy Portfolio

Agilent’s 5110
Agilent’s 8900
Agilent’s 55 and ICP-OES Agilent’s 7800 &
Agilent’s 4210 ICP-QQQ with
200 Series includes the 7900 ICP-MS are
MP-AES runs on MS/MS mode
includes the world’s most robust, sensitive,
air for the lowest provides unique
world’s fastest productive, and accurate, and
cost of ownership control of
flame AA and the only easy to use
and improved interference
world’s most Synchronous quadrupole ICP-
safety. removal in
sensitive furnace. Vertical Dual MS
reaction mode
View ICP-OES.

Leading the way in atomic spectroscopy innovation

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Agilent AAS: Precise. Productive. Reliable

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Performances

Flame AA Mono-element
technique

Furnace AA

MP-AES

ICP-OES

ICP-MS

ppt ppb Working range %

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Atomic Absorption: Technology
Principal:
Samples are volatized by heat. Elements in a sample are measured by
light absorption. Each atom has a unique light absorption signature.

Ground State Excited State

Lamp
Monochromator Quantitation
 Hollow Cathode
Lamp (HCL) &Detector
 Electrode-Less
Discharge Lamp
(EDL) Sample is heated to produce atoms
Atoms are excited by light
Or Different lamp for each element
(some multi-element lamps)
Flame Graphite Furnace
Energy absorbed by atom excitation is
measured
Sample Quantitation is done by standard curve

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Atomic Absorption: Characteristics

Determine concentrations of metals in solution

Elemental coverage with AAS
67 elements

From ppb to % levels

Precision typically better than 1 % RSD

Some sample preparation required

– typically acid digestion

Instrument is easy to “tune”

Instrument is easy to operate

Technique is very specific

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 Portfolio Overview - AAS
55 AA Series
• Stand alone system
• Keyboard control with LCD screen
• Optional PC control

240 AA Series
• External PC control
• Automatic lamps
• Optional “Fast Sequential” capability (4 lamps)
• DUO models available

280 AA Series
• External PC control
• Premium positioning
• Highest performance
• Greatest automation
• “Fast Sequential” capability std (8 lamps)
• DUO model available

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200 Series AA Flame Configurations

• 4 lamps
240AA • Conventional AA

• 4 lamps
240FS • Fast Sequential

• 8 lamps
280FS • Fast Sequential
• High spec mono

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Agilent’s Fast Sequential Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Boost productivity and slash running costs

Fast Sequential achieves the speed of sequential ICP-

OES, without the need for switching valve accessories.

Increase • 10 elements in < 2 minutes

Productivity

Reduce Running • Reduces gas and sample

Costs consumption

High Sensitivity • >0.9 Abs for 5 mg/L Cu

• SpectrAA software
Easy to use • SIPS

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Fast Sequential AA Vs Conventional

Using Fast Sequential mode, samples are only aspirated once, with all elements being measured
before the next sample is aspirated

Conventional AA determines only one element from each sample aspiration, so samples are
analyzed time and time again during a multi-element sequence

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How Fast Sequential Works

All lamps operated simultaneously

• Eliminates lamp warm-up delays

Fast lamp selection using motor

driven mirror

High speed wavelength drive

• 2000mm/sec speed

Instantaneous gas flow changes

• All elements measured under
optimum conditions

SpectrAA software optimizes

measurement time

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Flame AA Accessories

Agilent offer a range of accessories for an array of different analyses

SIPS 10/20 VGA-77 UltrAA SPS 4 GTA-120

• Automated • Hydride Lamps • High capacity • D2 Furnace
sample determinations • More sensitivity Autosampler
preparation

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SIPS – Sample Introduction Pumping System

Eliminate tedious sample preparation

The Sample Introduction Pump System can increase

productivity and simplify sample preparation

Eliminate sample • Calibrate from just 1

preparation standard

Minimize sample • Over range samples are

re-runs automatically diluted

Simplify sample • Automatic spiking and

preparation modifier addition

Available as SIPS 10 (1 pump) and SIPS 20 (2 pumps)

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How SIPS works

Pump speed controls ratio of samples

pumped to the nebulizer and enables:

Standard Preparation

Dilutions

Modifier Addition

QC Spikes

Standard Additions

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VGA 77 – Vapor Generation Accessory

High precision, high sensitivity hydride analysis

The Sample Introduction Pump System can increase

productivity and simplify sample preparation

Analyze hydride • As, Se, Sn, etc and Hg by

elements cold vapor

High • sub-ppb detection limits

performance with 1-2% precision

High throughput • Continuous flow provides

high sample throughput

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Novel SPS 4 Design

Superior corrosion resistance

Higher speed (<3 seconds sample to

sample at maximum distance)

Fully integrated optional cover takes

no extra space

Smaller footprint, especially with

cover compared to competitive units

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200 Series AA Furnace Configurations

• 4 lamps
• Zeeman background
240Z correction
• Furnace viewing camera

• 8 lamps
• Zeeman Background
280Z correction
• Furnace viewing camera
• High spec mono

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Agilent Zeeman Graphite Furnace AA

Sensitive and Accurate Furnace AA

Agilent’s 240Z/280Z AA with Zeeman background correction
provides the furnace performance and background correction
accuracy required to measure ppb levels of toxic, heavy
metals

High • High sensitivity and accurate

background correction for
Performance your toughest samples

Reduce • Long tube life

Running Costs • Fast heating rate

Easy to use • Simple method development

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Features and Accessories for Ease of Use

PSD 120 Autosampler

• High capacity
• Automates sample and standard perparation

Furnace Viewing Camera

• Simplifies method development
• Real time viewing of sample injection

SRM Wizard
• Automate furnace optimization
• Optimizes absorbance as a function of ashing and
atomization temperature

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Duo Configuration

Double your productivity

Agilent’s range of Duo systems offers simultaneous flame and furnace operation that delivers the
lowest cost per analysis, making it ideal for busy laboratories

• Simultaneous
Increased operation of both
Productivity atomizers increases
productivity

• Eliminate change-
Save Time over and alignment

Simplified • Each atomizer is

Setup permanently aligned

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SpectrAA Software
User friendly software with all instrument controls, sample results and
signal graphics accessible from one window.

•Guided method development

Simple •Automated furnace
optimization (SRM Wizard)

•Run urgent samples

Flexible immediately

Powerful •Powerful reporting options

•Direct import and export to
Reporting LIMS

•CFR software
Compliance •IQ/OQ services
•US EPA QC

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