Spectroscopy ICP On-Demand Webinar Series
Demystifying Interference Removal
Accurate and precise analysis is key to ensuring data quality and confidence in results. Interferences that normally arise can affect both accuracy and precision. During this web seminar, we will discuss interferences in ICP-OES and ICP-MS, focusing on potential sources of interference and their identification and removal by hardware or software techniques
Click here to view the on-demand webinar recorded on November 4, 2014.
Analysis of Mercury at Parts-Per-Trillion Levels by ICP-MS Using Microwave Sample Preparation
This seminar will discuss the preparation of liquid samples for mercury analysis using microwave digestion. A modified EPA 3015A digestion alternate test procedure (ATP) approved by EPA Region 10 will be discussed. Data showing a microwave method detection limit (MDL) sample preparation at 1 ppt as well as samples in the 1–10 ppt range will be highlighted.
Click here to view the on-demand webinar recorded on May 29, 2014.
ICP-MS for Arsenic Speciation
ICP-MS, interfaced with either an ion chromatography (IC) or liquid chromatography (LC) system, has become the gold standard for the speciation of arsenic in environmental matrices because of its high selectivity and highly sensitive detection. Given that inorganic arsenic in rice has become an important issue globally, more and more laboratories are adopting hyphenated ICP-MS approaches.
Click here to view the on-demand webinar recorded on December 5, 2014.
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How Analytical Chemists Are Navigating DOGE-Driven Funding Cuts
July 14th 2025DOGE-related federal funding cuts have sharply reduced salaries, lab budgets, and graduate support in academia. Researchers view the politically driven shifts in priorities as part of recurring systemic issues in U.S. science funding during administrative transitions. The impact on Federal laboratories has varied, with some seeing immediate effects and others experiencing more gradual effects. In general, there is rising uncertainty over future appropriations. Sustainable recovery may require structural reforms, leaner administration, and stronger industry-academia collaboration. New commentary underscores similar challenges, noting scaled-back graduate admissions, spending freezes, and a pervasive sense of overwhelming stress among faculty, students, and staff. This article addresses these issues for the analytical chemistry community.
