Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a type of mass spectrometry that uses an inductively coupled plasma to ionize the sample. It atomizes the sample and creates atomic and small polyatomic ions, which are then detected. Since it was first commercialized in the 1980s, ICP-MS has become a routine analysis technique used in many different industries including. PerkinElmer has been at the forefront of ICP-MS technology – from the very first commercial ICP-MS back in 1983 to the first instrument bringing together the detection limits of a true reaction cell and the simplicity of a collision cell in 2010, and most recently, the industry's first. ICP-OES spectrometers measure the concentration of elements from ppb to % using de-excitation of atoms and ions in a plasma. The robustness of our Ultima ICP spectrometers makes them ideal for applications common to mining, chemicals manufacture, salt production, wear metals in oil analysis.
