Kimia Analytics provides compact, air-cooled ICP-MS instruments for accessible trace and ultra-trace elemental analysis. Their hybrid triple-quadrupole system offers reduced resource consumption and a smaller footprint, enabling sensitive elemental detection for environmental monitoring, clinical diagnostics, and other applications.
Funding
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Problem
Traditional Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) systems are often characterized by high acquisition costs, significant operational overheads including high argon and power consumption, and large physical footprints. These factors limit the widespread adoption of advanced elemental analysis, particularly in resource-constrained environments or for applications requiring portability and ease of use.
Solution
Kimia Analytics has developed a compact, hybrid triple-quadrupole ICP-MS instrument that addresses the accessibility and efficiency challenges of elemental analysis. This system leverages a novel, air-cooled ion sampling interface and a miniaturized ICP torch, enabling trace and ultra-trace element detection with reduced resource requirements. The technology facilitates real-time analysis across diverse applications, from environmental monitoring to clinical diagnostics, by offering a more portable and cost-effective solution compared to conventional ICP-MS instrumentation. This approach democratizes access to high-sensitivity elemental analysis capabilities.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes researchers and professionals in water quality monitoring, semiconductor testing, clinical diagnostics, geochemical analysis, and mining sectors who require sensitive and accessible elemental analysis solutions.
Features
- Compact, hybrid triple-quadrupole ICP-MS architecture with a small footprint (70L x 35W x 40H cm³).
- Patented air-cooled ion sampling interface, eliminating the need for external chillers.
- Next-generation ICP torch design with reduced argon consumption (5-7 L/min) and lower power requirements (500-900 W).
- Dual polarity detection for both positive and negative ion analysis.
- Broad mass range from 1 to 600 amu with adjustable resolution (0.3-1 amu FWHM).
- High sensitivity, achieving >350 Mcps/ppm for 115In, with detection limits in the sub-ppt range.
- Patented molecular analysis capability for enhanced sample profiling.
- Stable mass calibration with drift < 0.1 amu over 24 hours.
- Low oxide levels (CeO+/Ce+ < 1-3%) for improved spectral purity.
- Remote control and diagnostics capabilities for enhanced operational management.