Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) is an easy, high-throughput, and inexpensive technology used primarily for detecting the concentrations of metal ions in solutions. AAS can be widely used in the fields of geology, metallurgy, medicine, chemical industry, petroleum, agriculture, environment protection, commodity inspection and some other industries. The analysis and application of trace elements has gradually permeated from inorganic chemistry to organic chemistry in recent years.

Applications of AAS

• Agriculture – analysing soil and plants for minerals necessary for growth
• Chemical – analyzing raw chemicals as well as fine chemicals
• Environmental Study – determination of heavy metals in water, soil, and air
• Food Industry – quality assurance and testing for contamination
• Forensics’ – substance identification
• Mining – testing the concentration of valuable substances in potential mining areas
• Nuclear Energy – monitoring potentially hazardous elements in water and waste output
• Petrochemical – analyzing products for metals and other substances that can have adverse effects such as oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical – many applications from quality control to detecting impurities in drugs

Description of the Equipment

• There are four-lamps position, and the pre-heat lamp number can be customized, which can minimize the waiting time of operating process.
• The lamps have the functions of self-optimized and three-dimensional self-adjustment to maximize the energy.
• The elements have the functions of negative high-voltage self-memory, wavelength scanning, lamps self-optimization and energy optimization with one key step.
• It is convenient for the testing results to be exported by various formats and operated by office software.
• Hydride generator can be used