Mercury has a nasty habit of reducing to its volatile metallic form mid-analysis, throwing off recoveries before you even notice something's wrong. This one-page reference covers what you need to know before you run an Hg analysis: solution chemistry and storage, tungsten interferences on ICP-MS, and the adsorption and reduction issues that cause false highs and memory effects.
Everything you need to work smarter, from sample prep to final analysis
A practical, 16-part guide to running ICP-OES and ICP-MS with confidence — covering calibration, instrument setup, spectral interference, and everyday troubleshooting. Written by working chemists, it's the reference IV's own lab turns to for accurate, repeatable results.
A library of technical guides, white papers, and quick-reference tools covering ICP analysis, standard preparation, quality management, and everyday lab challenges. Explore in-depth resources from IV's own chemists, built to help you troubleshoot and get accurate results faster.
The Periodic Table for ICP Users Guide provides essential data for 70+ elements for every ICP user, including: chemical compatibilities, preferred emission lines, as well as major interferences and detection limits for both ICP and ICP-MS.
A 17-part guide to getting reliable results at trace and ultra-trace levels, from sample planning and contamination control through digestion, fusion, and final measurement. It's the step-by-step foundation IV's chemists rely on before any low-level analysis begins.
Click any element to see its chemical compatibility, storage requirements, stability data, and preferred ICP-OES/ICP-MS lines — a free, at-a-glance reference for over 70 elements, built from Inorganic Ventures' own analytical experience.
