Trace Elements in Water Analysis
Ensuring water quality requires highly sensitive techniques to detect contaminants at ultralow concentrations. Trace elemental analysis is essential for identifying toxic elements such as arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium in environmental and industrial water samples. With increasing regulatory requirements, laboratories need precise and reliable testing solutions to meet compliance standards.
PerkinElmer’s advanced instrumentation, including ICP-MS and ICP-OES systems, provides high-accuracy trace element testing in water. These technologies enable detection at parts-per-trillion levels, ensuring compliance with global standards such as EPA 200.8, ISO 17294-2, and other environmental safety guidelines. Whether analyzing drinking water, wastewater, or industrial effluents, our solutions deliver the sensitivity and performance needed for effective monitoring.
For laboratories conducting trace element testing in water, accuracy and efficiency are critical. PerkinElmer’s innovative systems streamline workflows while maintaining exceptional sensitivity. From detecting heavy metals to monitoring emerging contaminants, our instruments provide robust and reliable results, supporting regulatory compliance and environmental safety.
Trace Elements in Water Analysis Spotlight
Resources
What's in Your Water? A Deep Dive into Drinking Water Contaminants
As diverse contaminants increasingly threaten our drinking water supplies, water quality analysis has become critical for protecting public health.
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Drinking Water Analysis Solutions Interactive Brochure
Clean and pure drinking water is a necessity. That’s why governments, contract labs, utilities and regulatory agencies test a high volume of samples, time-sensi ...
NexION 2200 ICP-MS: Helping Ensure Safe, Sustainable Water Supplies
Environmental laboratories conducting trace-elemental analyses of water need a robust instrument that requires as little maintenance as possible. For municipal ...
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Diving into a Holistic Approach to Water Ecosystem Management
“Water is life,” as Dr. Luca Lucentini of Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), is fond of saying. The availability and safety of water supplies is a global chall ...
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Conquering Compliance: Robust Testing Solutions for Metals & PFAS in Water
When it comes to water analysis, it can be challenging for labs to keep up with ever-changing testing regulations whilst also executing time efficient, accurate ...
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How Low Can They Go? Exploring Trace Metal Biogeochemistry on the Living Skin of the Greenland Ice Sheet
In this webinar, Jon Hawkings, Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, explores the relationship between glaciers and trace metals. By delving in ...
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From Concept to Application: Optimizing the NexION 5000 Multi-quadrupole ICP-MS for Accurate and Sensitive Environmental Analysis
In the realm of environmental analysis, the demand for accuracy and sensitivity is paramount, particularly in western North America, where contaminants from min ...
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Determination of Selenium Species in Drinking Water by HPLC-ICP-MS
Selenium (Se) is an essential element at trace levels, toxic at higher levels, and exists in several oxidation states in a variety of inorganic and organic comp ...
Analysis of Key Elements in Potable Water Using the Avio 220 Max Hybrid Simultaneous ICP-OES
The quality of potable waters is affected by many factors, including geology, geography, pollution, and leaching from pipes used to transport water. Therefore, ...
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Multi-Element Analysis of Drinking Water Following GB/T-5750.6-2023 Using the NexION 1100 ICP-MS
As a vital resource for human consumption, the quality of drinking water is of utmost importance. To help ensure its quality and safety, method GB/T-5750.6 spec ...
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Analysis of Wastewaters Following U.S. EPA 200.7 Using the Avio 550 Max ICP-OES
The prevention and control of water pollution is of critical importance to protecting both human and environmental health, and as a result, water must be monito ...
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Measurement of lodine in Drinking Water Following GB/T-5750.5-2023 Using the NexION 1100 ICP-MS
Iodine is an essential trace element for human health, but excessive or insufficient intake can cause thyroid disorders. Iodine can also be introduced into wate ...
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Analysis of Trace Elements in Coastal Seawater Using the NexION 2200 ICP-MS
Coastal oceans house a wealth of marine life and serve as the primary source of global seafood production. However, with the increasing industrialization of bot ...
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Multi-Element Analysis of Drinking Water Following ISO 17294-2 Using the NexION 1100 ICP-MS
To help ensure the quality and safety of drinking water, the international standard method ISO 17294 outlines the analysis of elements using inductively coupled ...
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Analysis of Drinking Water Using Universal Collision-Reaction Gas Technology on the NexION 1100 ICP-MS
The most significant challenge in trace element analysis of drinking water is ensuring detection capability that complies with the regulatory framework at the s ...
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