PerkinElmer is showcasing their new NexION 5000 multi-quadrupole ICP mass spectrometer at the Virtual SEMICON West 2020 this week.
The NexION® 5000 multi-quadrupole ICP-MS system – the first in its category to boast four quads – is innovatively designed to meet and exceed the demanding trace-elemental testing requirements of semiconductor, biomonitoring and other applications. It takes ICP-MS performance beyond high-resolution ICP-MS and traditional triple-quad technology to deliver exceptionally low background equivalent concentrations (<1 ppt, even in hot plasma) and outstanding detection limits, key to ensuring accurate and repeatable results. The NexION 5000 ICP-MS provides superior interference removal, outstanding background equivalent concentrations (BECs), phenomenal stability, and unmatched matrix tolerance.
The NexION 5000 ICP-MS is equipped with a host of new and proprietary technologies which together surpass traditional triple-quad capabilities and redefine your expectations:
- Four quadrupoles:
- First: Quadrupole Ion Deflector (Q0) directs ions to the entrance of the first mass filter
- Second: Transmission Analyzer Quadrupole 1 (Q1, full-sized for <0.7 amu mass resolution), acts as a mass filter or as an ion guide to direct ions to the Quadrupole Universal Cell
- Third: Quadrupole Universal Cell (Q2), empowered by dynamic bandpass tuning, prevents side reactions with residual gases in the cell
- Fourth: Transmission Analyzer Quadrupole 2 (Q3, full-sized for <0.7 amu mass resolution), acts as a mass filter or as an ion guide to direct ions to the detector
- Extended Dynamic Range (EDR) increases linear dynamic range to 1012, allowing to run both high and low concentration analytes in a single analytical run, resulting in fewer re-runs
- Low maintenance for greater uptime:
- Triple Cone Interface with patent-pending OmniRing™ combined with Quadrupole Ion Deflector deliver no maintenance beyond cones, for continual operation and improved stability
- 34 MHz free-running RF generator offers trouble-free user experience – the plasma is generated by the unique LumiCoil™ RF load coil, which is air cooled (does not require water or gas cooling), so maintenance-free, eliminating need to replace plasma load coils
- External status lighting provides easy visibility of state of analysis, optimizing efficiencies
- Syngistix™ for ICP-MS software (v. 3.0 or higher) brings together the power of the triple-quad ion optics with an user-friendly workflow in a contemporary user interface
- Certified to be able to be upgraded to meet SEMI S2/S8 (emergency button) delivers ease of integration in clean room facilities