Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis
- Duration: 2 days for live courses
- Experience level: Intermediate
- Delivery methods: Face-to-face | Offsite training & consultancy | Online | Onsite training & consultancy | Tailored training |
- Type of course: Universal
- Applicable to manufacturer(s): Agilent | Thermo |
- CPD Approved: Not yet approved
- Scheduled course price: £825.00 + TAX per delegate
- Course discounts: RSC HEaTED Cambridge Network CAMS members receive a discount on this course
Your essential guide to elemental analysis, sample preparation, instrumentation, and data analysis
Day 1 and 2 of the Complete Elemental Analysis course.
The Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis training is a 2-day classroom-based course designed for students, professionals and chemists who require a strong foundation in elemental analysis theory, instrumentation, and analytical workflows. This training introduces atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), covering the principles, instrumentation, operation, and applications of each technique.
If you are looking to strengthen your theoretical knowledge of elemental analysis and develop a clearer understanding of how modern elemental analysis instruments generate and interpret data, this course provides the essential information and practical insight required to support laboratory operations and analytical decision-making. This course is packed with practical examples and practical guidance on how to get the best out of your elemental analysis instruments, as well as enhancing the training making use of parts of elemental analysis parts to handle (or see if virtual) including quartz torches, turbo pump, spray chambers and quadrupole.
Why should I join?
By completing this elemental analysis training, you will develop a thorough understanding of elemental analysis techniques and how every stage of the analytical process contributes to analysis, giving you:
- An overview of elemental analysis instrumentation, including AAS, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and ICP-MS/MS
- Understanding of the chemistry and principles behind elemental analysis
- Knowledge of sample collection, storage, preparation, and introduction techniques
- Insight into acids, reagents, consumables, and analytical modifiers used during sample preparation
- Understanding of spectrometers, detectors and mass spectrometers used in elemental analysis
- Understanding of qualitative and quantitative data analysis approaches
- Knowledge of common analytical interferences and methods used to overcome them
- An excellent foundation for more advanced elemental analysis training
- A valuable refresher for those who have not worked with elemental analysis for some time
What would I learn?
This course focuses on the practical theory of elemental analysis systems and analytical workflows, providing a structured understanding of the complete process. You will learn:
- The principles of elemental analysis and the stages involved in the analytical workflow
- The capabilities, applications, and limitations of different elemental analysis techniques
- How preparation requirements vary between aqueous, organic, solid, volatile, and viscous samples
- The role of calibration standards, matrix matching, and quality control procedures
- How samples are introduced into elemental analysis instrumentation
- The operation and function of nebulisers, spray chambers, plasma torches, and specialised introduction systems
- The components and operation of spectrometers, monochromators, and diffraction gratings
- The components and operation of ICP-MS instrumentation, including interfaces and ion transfer systems
- The principles and applications of tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS)
- The different types of analytical interferences encountered in elemental analysis and the methods used to reduce or eliminate them
What knowledge will I gain?
By the end of the course, you will:
- Understand the complete elemental analysis workflow, from sample collection through to data interpretation
- Know the capabilities and applications of AAS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS instrumentation
- Understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis
- Be familiar with sample preparation techniques including hot plate, hot block, and microwave digestion
- Understand how wavelengths are used for elemental identification and quantification
- Understand the operation of radiation sources used in AAS and how they contribute to analysis
- Understand how ICP interfaces transfer ions into mass spectrometers for analysis
- Be familiar with different ICP-MS technologies, including single quadrupole, high-resolution, time-of-flight (ToF), multi-collector, and single-particle systems
- Know the differences between spectral, physical, and chemical interferences
- Understand interference correction techniques including background correction, collision cells, and reaction cells
Is this course for me?
This elemental analysis training is designed for anyone who would like an essential understanding of elemental analysis techniques and instrumentation.
- Laboratory analysts and technicians using elemental analysis techniques
- Laboratory or line managers overseeing elemental analysis instruments and analytical workflows
- Data analysts and report writers who work with elemental analysis data
- Service engineers who want a chemistry-focused understanding of elemental analysis systems
- Sales, commercial or marketing teams who work with elemental analysis instruments, components or services and would like more in-depth technical knowledge
If elemental analysis touches your work in any way, this well-planned course delivered by experts in the field equips you to understand the science behind these techniques.
This course includes
- Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis introduction, sample preparation, sample introduction, spectrometers for ICP-OES and AAS
- Practical Essentials introduction to Elemental Analysis
- Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis sample preparation techniques, collection, and storage
- Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis sample introduction
- Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis spectrometers and detectors for AAS and ICP-OES
- Practical Essentials of Elemental Analysis spectrometers, detectors, mass spectrometers, and data analysis
