Model
Agilent 5800
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) is an analytical technique used to determine how much of certain elements are in a sample. The ICP-OES principle uses the fact that atoms and ions can absorb energy to move electrons from the ground state to an excited state. In ICP-OES, the source of that energy is heat from an argon plasma that operates at 10,000 kelvin.
Applications
- ICP-OES is a powerful tool for the determination of trace and ultra-trace elemental concentrations in a wide variety of samples specifically for multi-element analysis.
- With the help of ICP-OES we can determine metals in wine, arsenic in food, trace elements bound to proteins and metals contamination in drinking water and wastewater.
- ICP-OES used for the determination of nutrient levels in agricultural soils. This information is then used to calculate the amount of fertilizer required to maximize crop yield and quality.
- ICP-OES can determine what amount of certain oil additives remain in motor oils (and other lubricating oils) for quality control and compliance with production and industry specifications.
Handled by Mr. Kunal Bhadra
kunalb@iiti.ac.in