A modern simultaneous ICP-OES instrument such as the SPECTRO ARCOS is capable of measuring over 60 samples per hour for a wide range of elements. Direct presentation to the instrument of a simply diluted oil sample is the preferred technique when speed is essential. Even then, however, sample preparation can be the rate limiting step: the sample must be measured (by volume or weight), quantitatively diluted, mixed and presented to the instrument, possibly with the addition of an internal standard or other reagent. With high sample throughput, performed manually this task is not only costly in manpower terms, it is also repetitive and therefore subject to human error.
A new and revolutionary system developed jointly by SPECTRO Analytical Instruments and LABIRON Systems bv. fully automates the complete sample preparation and measurement process and achieves analysis times of less than one minute per sample including sample preparation.
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