710-ES series of ICP-OES instruments

Varian has announced a series of productivity enhancements for its 710-ES series of ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometer) instruments.

The enhancements comprise hardware, software and accessory options available both on new instruments as well as on upgrades to existing equipment.

The 710-ES series is designed for laboratories handling low to moderate numbers of samples in a variety of application areas requiring elemental analysis. Users also include educational institutes and industries that need to comply with environmental protection laws and regulations such as toy safety and EU directives on Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

By combining the 710-ES Series ICP-OES with the new ICP Expert II software (version 1.1.3), users can reduce sample analysis times by up to 50% lowering the cost per analysis, resulting from the high-efficiency signal processing used in the software. Existing users can upgrade their software.

Hardware and accessory options are available for the series to increase productivity and improve day-to-day reproducibility. Mass flow control (MFC) of the nebuliser gas is offered as an option for new instruments and can be retrofitted to existing systems (with service installation), providing long-term stability, reducing the need for recalibration, so users can run more samples every day. Because the nebuliser flow is automatically set by the computer every time methods are run, the MFC also simplifies instrument set-up and improves reproducibility.

The series is compatible with the company’s productivity package, which allows use of the fully automated switching valve system (SVS). By coupling the SVS with the 710-ES series, users can achieve a further improvement in productivity of up to 20% and reduce argon consumption by up to 20%.