The Journey from AA to ICP-MS in a Municipal Laboratory

For most small environmental laboratories in private industry of government users have a predisposition of the difficulty that it takes to change techniques (from AA to ICP-OES or from ICP-OES to ICP-MS).

In the second Just Between Us webinar, we will have a live interview with user Tamika Black on her journey from wet chemistry to be the lead ICP-MS analyst at the City of Raleigh. It will start with a historical background of the laboratory and her professional life, and then we will begin the interview.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Learn the capabilities of a City Laboratory like the City of Raleigh

• Learn what it takes to go from GFAA and FAAS to ICP-OES

• Learn why someone will switch from ICP-OES to ICP-MS

Presenter: Tamika Black )Senior Chemist, City of Raleigh)

Tamika is a native of North Carolina and graduated from UNC. She started at the City of Raleigh as a technician and it is now a Chemist in charge of the trace metals laboratory. In her 18 years at the City of Raleigh laboratory, she has done everything from wet chemistry to ICP-MS.

Presenter: Abe Gutierrez (Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Abe is an Agilent Product Specialist with nearly 30 years’ experience with ICP-MS. Abe started as an applications chemist in the semiconductor industry and moved to Agilent/HP in 1996. Abe is a technical resource supporting the Agilent sales organization.