The petroleum industry requires sensitive, fast, stable techniques for elemental analysis. HORIBA Jobin Yvon’s ACTIVA-MTM ICP-AES instrument is more than up to this task.
This instrument is especially well-suited to petrochemical analyses because

• it offers a variety of sample introduction systems: Scott or cyclonic spray chamber with optional thermoregulation; a special nebulizer for wear metals in used oil, and the optional patented system that heats oil or wax to 80 °C, including a special autosampler (thermo-regulated sample path)
• it uses radial viewing of the total plasma Normal Analytical Zone with a vertical torch
• its unique use of sheath gas minimizes sample deposits and memory effects, while improving long-term stability
• it offers an optional computer controlled oxygen addition for optimization of trace Na determination
• it boasts highly efficient optics and an ultra-low noise, 2048 x 512 pixels CCD detector
• it comes with Statistical Process Control software for oil (wear metals in oil) and fuel monitoring

The ACTIVA-M won the Bronze Award from Pittcon’s Editor at Pittsburgh conference in March 2007.