Iron and Steel Analysis Using ICPE-9000

Introduction

Iron and steel comprise one of the most typical classes of materials used in all fields, including various industrial products as well as everyday commodities. Due to the many types of iron and steel with their different characteristics, such as heat and corrosion resistance, etc., control of processing and quality is very important because these characteristics depend on the types and amounts of elements in these products. The concentration range of these elements ranges widely from the ppm level to several tens of percent, so analysis of the content levels requires an analytical instrument that possesses high sensitivity as well as a wide linear dynamic range. Here we introduce the analysis of iron and steel standard substances using the Shimadzu ICPE-9000 multi-type ICP emission spectrometer. The ICPE-9000 is a simultaneous type ICP-AES which utilizes a CCD for the detector. High-sensitivity axial observation is equipped as standard, and since radial observation can be selected as an option, everything from trace elements such as phosphorus and sulfur to high-concentration elements such as nickel and chrome in stainless steel can be analyzed simultaneously. Moreover, samples such as low alloy steel and stainless steel, which may contain widely differing concentrations of the same elements, can be analyzed simultaneously in a single batch.

October 28, 2009 GMT