PE Elan DRC Resources
Intro
In the EWRE labs, there are two Perkin Elmer ICP instruments available for analysis of metals and some metalloids. In addition to an emission instrument (Perkin Elmer Optima 5300 DV) there is an ICP-mass spectrometer (Perkin Elmer Elan 9000 ). This is located in Bay E of 301 Elab II, and is equipped with an autosampler and an HPLC inlet system. The ICP/MS is commonly used for analysis of drinking waters, surface waters, membrane reject and wastewaters. It includes a dynamic reaction cell, which allows one to eliminate certain types of interfering ions. Overall this is an extremely sensitive and powerful instrument for metals analysis. It can also be use as an element-specific detector for HPLC, and is sometimes linked to one of our Alliance instruments for this purpose (see LC-ICP/MS link below).
Useful Documents
- Introductory Material
- Instrument (Elan 9000)
- Hardware Manual and 2006 Amendment, from PE
- Gas Selection Guide, from PE
- Full Parts List, from PE
- Software
- Software Reference Guide; from Perkin Elmer
- Peripherals
- Edwards Pump Manual; from the manufacturer
Relevant Methods and SOPs
- General Background Literature
- Operation of LC-ICP/MS system (Dozier, 2017)
- Bromine & Iodine SOPs
Unit Identifiers
Component |
Name | Model # | Ser# | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mass Spectrometer |
Elan DRC-e | 9000 | W0910405 | Perkin Elmer |
Vacuum Pump |
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Controlling Software |
Elan 3.4 | Perkin Elmer |
In-House Expertise
- Users: Rassil Sayess, Lily Clark, Arianne Bazilio, Jacob Weinrich
- Special Consultants: Varun Srinivasan, Larry Kramer