Welcome to the ‘Atomic Spectroscopy Learning Hub’, a free access portal produced by Separation Science in collaboration with Agilent. The course is designed to improve your knowledge, best practice and troubleshooting skills in the use of atomic spectroscopy techniques. The first four modules of this course are now available, being ICP-MS Sample Introduction, Application Specific Setup, ICP-MS Speciation and Laser Ablation ICP-MS, with more to follow later in 2021.
The tutorials currently available are:
Tutorial #4: Laser Ablation (LA) ICP-MS
In this tutorial, Gareth Pearson and guest presenter Dr Sarah Gilbert (University of Adelaide) discuss fundamentals, best practice and applications of laser ablation ICP-MS. Learn when and why you should use LA-ICP-MS, the hardware and software involved, and advice on tuning, optimization and calibration.
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Tutorial #3: ICP-MS Speciation
In this tutorial, Gareth Pearson and guest presenter Jenny Nelson will cover the topic of ICP-MS speciation. An introduction and general overview will set the scene for this topic before a more in-depth look at both HPLC-ICP-MS and GC-ICP-MS applications.
Tutorial #2: ICP-MS Application Specific Setup
Here you will learn the fundamentals of routine analysis with aqueous sample, working with high total dissolved solids (TDS) containing sample (i.e., high matrix), organic solvent analysis, and working with samples containing hydrofluoric acid matrix in solution.
Tutorial #1: ICP-MS Sample Introduction
In this first module we’ll take you from the peristaltic pump, which delivers the sample to the instrument, through to extraction of the ions produced in the plasma into the MS detector. We’ll also point out some top tips for sample introduction, and point you in the direction of some further reading and resources.
These tutorials are presented by Gareth Pearson (ICP-MS Supplies Product Manager at Agilent). Gareth graduated from the University of Hull, UK in 2003 with a M.Chem. in Chemistry with Analytical Chemistry & Toxicology. He went on to complete a Ph.D. using ICP-MS in 2007 with the title “Elemental Speciation and Miniaturised Sample Introduction Studies for ICP-MS”. He has worked as a Product Manager in the UK and Australia for Spectroscopy and Sample Preparation instrumentation since 2007. Currently, Dr. Pearson is the ICP-MS Spectroscopy Supplies Product Manager for Agilent based at the Spectroscopy Technology Innovation Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He has over 15 years’ experience in Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy.
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