Sample preparation for ICP-AES and ICP-MS 

With increasing need to monitor the elemental impurities in various materials for their toxic effects, the quantitation limits for these elemental impurities with AAS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS have been proving increasingly demanding. One of the key factor to achieve the highest performance of the analytical instruments is good sample preparation!!
In this context, this session will focus on the basics of sample preparation and its need; challenges faced by the chemists while doing successful sample preparation and available techniques to achieve a complete digestion in order to achieve best results with the analytical instruments viz. AAS, ICP-OES or ICP-MS.