Water purifier enhances trace elemental analysis

Millipore has released the Q-Pod Element, which delivers ultrapure water with low elemental contamination (single ppt or sub-ppt level) for labs performing trace and ultra-trace elemental analysis.

The Q-Pod Element is designed for use with the Milli-Q Integral and Milli-Q Advantage systems.

By eliminating problems due to backgrounds with high elemental contamination, water produced by the Q-Pod Element device can help scientists achieve greater sensitivity and reproducibility in their work.

Ultrapure water with minimum elemental contamination is typically required for use in blanks, standard solutions, sample dilutions and plasticware rinsing by researchers working with IC, ICP-MS and GF-AAS analytical instruments.

The Q-Pod Element unit is equipped with a footswitch for hands-free water delivery, making it suitable for use in Class 1000 clean-room environments.

The unit supplies water in the volumes required by the user (up to 1.5l/min), which avoids water storage and its associated contamination risks.

Scientists working under a Class 100 laminar flow hood can activate delivery with the footswitch and seamlessly continue their work without stopping to manually dispense ultrapure water.

Q-Pod Element water quality was verified by independent laboratories specialising in ultra-trace analysis.

These validation test results are available upon request.

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