ETV

Staff:

Dr Emma Tomlinson

Location

Unit 7, Trinity Technology And Enterprise Centre (TTEC), Pearce Street.

Instrument:

• Spectral Systems ETV4000c electrothermal vapouriser coupled to Spectro Arcos ICP-OES.
• Solid sample vaporised in a graphite furnace at temperatures up to 3000oC.
• Useful for analysis of samples that are difficult to digest and volatile analytes.

Samples

• Geological and environmental samples, in particular peat, coal, ash, soil

Sample preparation

• Air dry, powder