The ICP technique is widely accepted in the agricultural industry as a means of determining major and minor compositions of soils and plants or heavy metals in soils. It is also useful in monitoring ...

It’s safe to say, that because there are so many different elemental analysis techniques that can be used in many branches of science, knowing which one is best for an intended application can tricky.

Figure 1: Example of an ICP-OES setup. In addition to figuring out how to successfully introduce a sample into the system, one has a number of choices regarding system configuration, many of which are ...