Plasma Mass Spectrometer

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Plasma Mass Spectrometer

KW405-190405/A
Noor, Hussain
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2077 
Hussain.Noor@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca


The Environmental Scientific and Technology Laboratories Division (ESTL) is seeking to replace four old inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS with the latest version of Triple-Quad ICP-MS. The four laboratories within this division seeking a new Triple-Quad ICP-MS are as follows:

(1) National Laboratory for Environmental Testing (NLET - Burlington);
(2) Quebec Laboratory for Environmental Testing (QLET - Montreal); 
(3) Prairie and Northern Laboratory for Environmental Testing (PNLET - Edmonton); and
(4) Pacific and Yukon Laboratory for Environmental Testing (PYLET - Vancouver).

ESTL analyses thousands of samples of various matrices (water, sediments and biota) every year for over seventy projects for samples submitted across the country. Some of these samples have a very high amount of salts such as Calcium, Sodium, silicates, Magnesium, Potassium and Chloride and high amounts of organic material such as the oily samples from the Oil Sands projects. Close to 60 isotopes per sample are monitored. Therefore, the speed of analysis, background, interference removal and sensitivity will be critical in achieving an equivalent level of service we’ve offered to our clients for the past 10 years using our High resolution and triple-quad ICP-MS from the National Laboratory for Environmental Testing (NLET). The goal is to ensure that all divisional labs can achieve the same type of sensitivity (millions of counts per second per parts per billion CPS/PPB), background (<0.1 CPS) and interference removal (Medium and High resolution achieved on the High Resolution ICP-MS). This will allow to harmonize services offered in the sister labs within the division and allow for optimal flexibility in managing workload at a divisional level. 



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