Worlds First Fully Simultaneously ICP-MS Wins Silver

The Spectro MS, the worldwide first fully simultaneously measuring mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS), was distinguished with the Pittcon Silver Editors’ Choice Award.

The Spectro MS records the entire elemental spectrum between lithium and uranium for every analysis. Users achieve a greatly increased sample throughput rate and much better precision and accuracy compared to using a sequential mass spectrometer. Simultaneous recording of the entire spectrum is enabled by a series of newly designed high-end components, while the housing, software and excitation technology for the Spectro MS are closely related to those of the ICP-OES flagship, the Spectro ARCOS.

A robust, free-running 27.12 MHz generator is used as the plasma generator in the new instrument; guaranteeing extremely stable power coupling in the plasma. The range of applications for the new Spectro MS is diverse. Spectro sees the most important application areas in research and development laboratories with extremely high sample throughput and high demand.

Manfred Bergsch, Spectro’s Managing Director, commented: “This award proves our courageous theory that the Spectro MS will change ICP mass spectrometry forever. The option of being able to simultaneously measure will start a revolution in the market similar to the one that occurred several years ago in optical emission spectrometers.”