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Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)

Multi-element technique with a wide range of linearity, high sensitivity and with minimal chemical and spectroscopic interference.
Specially focused on multi-element quantitative analysis that practically covers the periodic table with the exception of halogen elements and, among others, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen.
It is a very fast and reliable technique that allows knowing the total composition of macro and micro constituents of any material in concentrations from %, ppm to ppb.
In many cases, the samples require a previous digestion treatment to put them in solution, which can be done in the center.
Instrumentation
Staff
Olga Martín Gavilán
CAI Ciencias de la Tierra y Arqueometría
Geological Techniques Unit