ICP-MS Maintenance, Tips and Tricks

ICP-MS has developed into a robust technique, allowing analyses of high matrix samples.

Maintaining the sample introduction system is key, assuring that the best data is obtained while maintaining long term stability and precision. In this webinar we will discuss routine maintenance techniques, as well as, ways to tune the system to assure the best accuracy for difficult matrices and those elements that are typically problematic.

Presenter: L. Craig Jones (ICP-MS Application Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Craig has been with Agilent for over 15 years as an ICP-MS applications scientist. He has been involved with multiple type of applications for ICP-MS, including environmental, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, semiconductor, geologic, and clinical analyses, to name a few. Previous to Agilent he worked in an environmental lab performing analysis and supervising both the inorganic and organic sections of the laboratory. In his spare time, Craig enjoys volunteering at the local marine science center, mountain biking, hiking and relaxing at the beach. Craig obtained a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO.