Discover the Vulcan Automated Sample Preparation System from Horiba Scientific
31 Jan 2014
Watch this video to learn about the Vulcan Automated Sample Preparation System from Horiba Scientific, designed to reduce risk to safety, eliminate human error, increase productivity and lower cost per sample. Discover how manually impractical methods for sample digestion requiring repeated acid drops are made easy to execute.
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Optical spectroscopy has played a key role in the development of modern physics, from the early confirmation of quantum mechanics predictions of the spectrum of hydrogen to the observation of stars and interplanetary matter by astronomers refining their theory of the universe. Today, optical spectroscopy has become a routine method for the physicists and the astronomers, but also gained acceptance with chemists, biologists and metallurgists, amongst others.
At the heart of an optical spectroscopy apparatus, the single device most closely associated with spectroscopic performance is the diffraction grating. It is therefore no surprise to see that the study and manufacture of diffraction gratings remain the domain of excellence of HORIBA Jobin Yvon and a select few competitors worldwide.
With its R&D Centres located in Edison (New Jersey, USA) and in Longjumeau (France, in the heart of the French Optics Valley), HORIBA Jobin Yvon employs more than 70 Ph.Ds, an unequalled force focusing on the advancement of diffraction gratings and their applications to optical spectroscopy. HORIBA Jobin Yvon can call upon the Kyoto R&D Centres of its parent HORIBA, and in particular its "Optical Frontier" project studying nanosystems. Each year the HORIBA Jobin Yvon R&D teams are granted more than 10 patents worldwide.
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HORIBA ScientificWIN IN EFFICIENCY, AUTOMATION, SPEED & SAFETY WITH OUR NEW SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICES HORIBA Scientific offers a great range of possible solutions for our analyzers, to save time and ensure that the end results are as accurate as possible! Whatever your analytical solutions: ICP-OES, ICP-MS, AA, Fluorescence X, elemental analyzers, etc.… HORIBA Scientific can provide you with many sample preparation devices, such as: • Grinders: Mills, Cryogenic Grinders, Discs HORIBA Scientific provides a large range of laboratory grinders capable of pulverizing and homogenizing a wide variety of samples, including metals, rocks, plastics, plant and animal tissue, bone, pharmaceuticals, and more. • Digestion systems: Hot Block, Automatic Digestion Systems, Microwaves Acid digestion dissolves sample into solution by adding acids and heating, until the matrix is completely decomposed. Anywhere you need to decompose a sample for release of the analyte, or for analysis of trace metals, acid digestion is the recommended process. It is the ideal companion for ICP, ICP-MS, AA, or AFS instruments. Typical samples/applications include: Geology (glass, metallurgy (ceramic, stainless steel), environment (waste, soil, ashes…), food, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, biochemistry, and biology (blood, urine…). HORIBA Scientific, a leading manufacturer of atomic emission spectrometers, provides a full package of digestion systems to ensure that the analytical results will be as correct as possible. • Dilution Station: QPrep Our automated dilutor automatically dilutes all your samples and standards solutions for AA, ICP-OES and ICP-MS. Diluting a sample becomes quick, easy and efficient, thereby improving your lab productivity. To know how the Qprep is workin: See our video • Presses Analytical spectroscopic methods such as XRF, OES, and IR often require samples in the form of a round, flat-surfaced discs. Our laboratory pellet presses are ideal for preparing sample discs for these methods. Our range includes manual and automatic hydraulic presses and an air-actuated press. In addition, our presses are designed to fit on the benchtop, requiring less space than standard floor model presses. • Electric fusion fluxers Borate fusion is a sample preparation technique to prepare glass disks (beads) for XRF, or to prepare peroxide or pyrosulphate fusions. An optional solution stirrer provides for AA, ICP and wet chemistry solution making ability. With our automated electric fluxers, preparing fusions becomes quick, easy and efficient, improving lab productivity. Typical samples/applications include: cements, ores, slag, sediments, soils, rocks, ceramics, pigments, glass, and even metals. • Furnaces To eliminate pollutions on the surface of your crucibles, HORIBA Scientific offers 2 types of furnaces adapted to calcination and general thermal treatment. To find out which types of samples these devices are used for, please go to our website.
